Vulnerable Families Research Program
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| Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents on a Parent's Plan After ACA Extends Coverage to Adult Children While much of the existing research explores young adults' insurance only in the post-recession period (that is, 2010 to present), authors Michael Staley and Jessica Carson assess young adults' rates of coverage within and beyond the context of the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health, Health Insurance, Young Adults |
| Cause for Optimism? Child Poverty Declines for the First Time Since Before the Great Recession New data released on September 18, 2014, by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that child poverty fell by 0.4 percentage point between 2012 and 2013, to 22.2 percent. Though still significantly higher than in 2007 when the Great Recession hit (18.0 percent), and higher… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
| Families Continue to Rely on Wives As Breadwinners Post-Recession This brief presents an analysis of the increased role employed wives played in family economic stability prior to, during, and after the Great Recession, focusing on changes in the contribution of employed wives’ earnings to family earnings by state, region,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Income |
| Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Health, Safety Net |
| Public Insurance Drove Overall Coverage Growth Among Children in 2012 Using data from the American Community Survey, this brief examines the rates of health insurance coverage among children under 18 in the United States by region and by rural, suburban, and central city residence between 2008 and 2012.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance |
| Proposed EITC Expansion Would Increase Eligibility and Dollars for Rural and Urban “Childless” Workers This brief uses data from the 2013 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey to examine how President Obama’s proposed expanded eligibility and higher credit values might affect tax filers in both rural and urban America.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Rural, Safety Net, Tax, Urban |
| Intimate Partner Violence Among LGBTQ+ College Students Drawing from a survey of 391 college students in same-sex relationships, this brief documents the rates and patterns of intimate partner violence, and responses to it among LGBTQ+ youth.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Gender, Health, Young Adults |
| The Long-Term Unemployed in the Wake of the Great Recession Using the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, this brief outlines the demographic and economic characteristics of the long-term unemployed and compares them with their short-term unemployed counterparts. It also describes changes… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health Insurance, Rural, Unemployment, Urban |
| Variation Found in Rates of Restraint and Seclusion Among Students With a Disability The restraint and seclusion of individuals—practices usually associated with highly restrictive environments—are extreme responses to student behavior used in some public schools. In this brief, authors Douglas Gagnon, Marybeth Mattingly, and Vincent Connelly report… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Health |
| SNAP Use Increased Slightly in 2012 This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to examine rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2012, track changes since the onset of the recession, and monitor receipt by region and place type.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Health, Poverty, Safety Net |
