Vulnerable Families Research Program
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| 2012 National Child Poverty Rate Stagnates at 22.6 Percent In this brief, authors Marybeth Mattingly, Jessica Carson, and Andrew Schaefer use American Community Survey data released on September 19, 2012, to explore patterns of child poverty across states and place types, focusing on changes both since 2011 and since the… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, New Hampshire, Poverty |
| Comparing Teen Substance Use in Northern New Hampshire to Rural Use Nationwide Using data administered in 2011 from the Carsey Institute’s Coös Youth Study and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this brief compares teen substance use patterns in New Hampshire’s most rural county to patterns among rural youth nationwide.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Wanting More but Working Less: Involuntary Part-Time Employment and Economic Vulnerability Using data from the Current Population Survey, a national survey of U.S. households, this brief outlines a strong association between involuntary part-time employment and economic vulnerability. Author Rebecca Glauber reports that the involuntary part-time employment… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Poverty |
| Who Would Be Affected By a New Minimum Wage Policy? This brief describes the population who would be directly affected by the President’s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour: workers earning between $7.25 and $9.00 per hour.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment |
| Middle-Skill Jobs Remain More Common Among Rural Workers This issue brief uses data from the Current Population Survey collected from 2003 to 2012 to assess trends in employment in middle-skill jobs and the Great Recession’s impact on middle-skill workers, with particular attention paid to differences between those in… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Rural, Urban |
| Child Care Subsidies Critical for Low-Income Families Amid Rising Child Care Expenses The high cost of child care is a barrier to employment among low-income families with young children. Child care subsidies are designed to support both parental employment and child development by lowering the cost of child care and making high-quality child care… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Poverty |
| Informal Kinship Care Most Common Out-of-Home Placement After an Investigation of Child Maltreatment This fact sheet examines differences between urban and rural areas in foster care placement with informal kin caregivers. The data for this analysis come from a national sample of children who had a maltreatment report that resulted in an investigation: the second… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health |
| Record Number of Children Covered by Health Insurance in 2011 Using data from the 2008 through 2011 American Community Survey, this brief describes rates of children’s health insurance coverage nationally, by region, and place type (that is, rural, suburban, and central city). In addition, it details the composition of coverage… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health |
| Psychotropic Medication Use Among Children in the Child Welfare System Prior research demonstrates that children in the child welfare system are given psychotropic medication at rates approximately three times higher than children and adolescents in the general population.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health |
| Recent Data Show Continued Growth in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to examine rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2011, with particular attention to changes since the onset of the recession, and to receipt by family composition, region, and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net |
