Vulnerable Families Research Program
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| No Place Like Home: Place and Community Identity Among North Country Youth This brief explores the link between rural youths’ identification with their community, their self-esteem, and their future plans. The panel study of New Hampshire’s Coos County youth offers a snapshot into the dynamics of a population that is developing its identity… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Rural, Young Adults |
| More Than One in Ten American Households Relies on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most responsive federal programs to economic downturns, as evidence by the increases in SNAP use between 2007 and 2009. Nationally, more than one in ten households relies on SNAP benefits, and the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Food Assistance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child Neglect Poverty is only one of many challenges tied to a report of child neglect. The analysis in this brief finds that neglected children whose caregivers struggle with substance abuse and mental health problems are at significant risk for out-of-home placement. Risk… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Health, Poverty |
| The Unequal Distribution of Child Poverty: Highest Rates among Young Blacks and Children of Single Mothers in Rural America Measuring by race, place, and family, this brief highlights poverty rates for two rural groups--young black children and children of single mothers--who each face rates around 50%.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| Wives as Breadwinners: Wives' Share of Family Earnings Hits Historic High during the Second Year of the Great Recession In the second year of the recession, wives' contributions to family earnings leapt again, jumping two percentage points from 45 percent in 2008 to 47 percent in 2009. This rise marks the largest single-year increase in 15 years. This is not due to an increase in… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Gender, Wages, Women |
| Young Child Poverty in 2009: Rural Poverty Rate Jumps to Nearly 29 Percent in Second Year of Recession The U.S. Census Bureau's release of its American Community Survey data in September 2010 illustrated some expected changes in poverty rates in 2009, the second year of the Great Recession. For young children under age 6, living in poverty is especially difficult… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| Understanding Very High Rates of Young Child Poverty in the South It is widely known that the South is home to some of the places with the highest rates of child poverty. To address the many challenges poor families face there, policy makers and community leaders need to understand the complex factors that converge in this region… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Poverty |
| Older Americans Working More, Retiring Less This Carsey brief finds that the percentage of Americans age 65 and older remaining in the labor force continues to grow steadily in urban, suburban, and rural areas. In 2009, 22 percent of older men and 13 percent of older women were still working compared to 17… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Seniors |
| Homeless Teens and Young Adults in New Hampshire (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) More than 1,000 adolescents and young adults in New Hampshire are homeless, and their numbers are growing. The brief, co-published with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an estimate of homeless youth in New Hampshire calculated from national and… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Housing, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Working Parents and Workplace Flexibility in New Hampshire This report, a joint effort between the Carsey Institute, UNH Cooperative Extension, and New Hampshire Employment Security, looks at working parents and their job flexibility and the importance it has for families trying to achieve a work-life balance.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, New Hampshire |
