Family
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| How Far Would You Drive for Fresh Food? How Some Rural New Hampshire Residents Navigate a Dismal Food Landscape Lack of access to food stores with healthy and affordable food is one of the central obstacles to eradicating hunger in America. Approximately 23.5 million Americans live more than a mile from a supermarket, which makes accessing healthy food more challenging. Among… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Low Income, New Hampshire, Rural, Safety Net |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Youth Opinions Matter: Retaining Human Capital in Coös County As Coös County youth age, their attachment to their communities may deteriorate. This brief presents new data from the Coös Youth Study. This research indicates efforts to keep young people in Coös may benefit from efforts to show students that their views matter to… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, 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 |
| What's for Dinner? Finding and Affording Healthy Foods in New Hampshire Communities Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult for some households in the Granite State, as grocery stores relocate or consolidate, leaving some residents to depend on convenience stores for basic groceries. This brief looks at recent data on food deserts… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Family, Food Assistance, New Hampshire, Safety Net |
| Out-of-Home Care by State and Place: Higher Placement Rates for Children in Some Remote Rural Places This fact sheet examines out-of-home placement rates for children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. The data finds that children in remote rural areas have overall higher rates of out-of-home placements. It also provides data on placement rates by… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Rural |
| Indicators of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) According to a new study, New Hampshire youth, ages 13 to 24, are more likely to complete school, be employed, and have lower obesity rates than their peers nationwide but fare worse in national measures of alcohol and substance abuse. This brief, a co-publication… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Demography, Education, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty, Young Adults |
| Rural Families with a Child Abuse Report are More Likely Headed by a Single Parent and Endure Economic and Family Stress This brief, which is based on data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, finds that rural families who have been reported to Child Protective Services are more likely than urban families to have financial difficulties and high family stress, as… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Rural |
