Family
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Rural Workers Have Less Access to Paid Sick Days This brief, using data from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW) survey, analyzes paid sick time rates of workers by place and type of work. Paid sick days provide job protection to workers and a steady paycheck when they need to care for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Health, Rural |
| Long-Term Foster Care—Different Needs, Different Outcomes This brief examines where foster children are living four years after removal from their homes and the characteristics of these children and their placements. Understanding whether child characteristics such as age or emotional or behavioral problems are associated… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family, Safety Net |
| Household Reports of Energy Assistance Receipt Increased 48 Percent During Recession: Proposed Cuts Threaten Vulnerable Families This brief examines heating assistance usage and the implications of President Obama's 2012 budget proposal to cut $2.5 billion from the $5.1 billion energy assistance fund for low-income families at a time when families are struggling with higher energy costs… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Housing, Poverty, Safety Net |
| 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 |
