Family
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Out-of-School Time Matters: Activity Involvement and Positive Development among Coos County Youth This brief looks at the connections between how youth spend their free time and positive or negative attitudes about themselves and their future plans. Family studies assistant professor and Carsey faculty fellow Erin Hiley Sharp used data from the Carsey Institute… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay Disproportionately More for Child Care According to research based on the 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation, working families with young children living in poverty pay 32 percent of their income on child care, nearly five times more than families living at more than 200 percent of the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Family, Poverty, Safety Net |
| Increased Reliance on Wives as Breadwinners during the First Year of the Recession Among low-income families, the wages of employed wives account for the majority of family earnings, according to this Carsey brief. The analysis finds that in 2008, women contributed 56 percent of total family earnings, up from 51 percent in 2007. Also, husbands… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Gender, Wages, Women |
| Family-Friendly Policies for Rural Working Mothers For working parents, family friendly work policies like paid sick days, flexible time, or medical insurance can reduce work-family conflict and lead to less absenteeism and higher productivity. Working parents in rural America, however, have less access to these… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Rural, Urban, Women |
| Stay or Leave Coös County? Parents' Messages Matter When it comes to deciding whether to stay in New Hampshire's rural Coös County or leave for other opportunities, young people are listening to their parents. Surveying 78 percent of all seventh and eleventh graders in public schools in Coös County, researchers… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, Migration, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Seventy-eight Percent of Working Rural Families to Receive Full Making Work Pay Tax Credit The Making Work Pay Tax Credit provides eligible U.S. workers with additional money in each paycheck throughout the year. The fact sheet shows that 78 percent of rural working families will receive the full amount of the credit, while an additional 10 percent of… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Rural, Safety Net, Tax |
| Forty-three Percent of Eligible Rural Families Can Claim a Larger Credit with EITC Expansion This policy brief on the changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit in the ARRA also shows that families with three or more children and married couples will receive an increased refund under these new EITC rules for tax years 2009 and 2010. Many families in urban and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Rural, Safety Net, Tax |
| Working Hard for the Money Trends in Women's Employment 1970 to 2007 Seventy-three percent of married rural mothers with children under age 6 work for pay. As men's employment rates have dropped over the past four decades, more rural women are working to keep the lights on at home. Rural women are just as likely as their urban… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Rural, Wages, Women |
| Rural Children Now Less Likely to Live in Married-Couple Families The percentage of rural children living in married-couple families dropped to 68 percent in 2008, one percentage point below that of children in metropolitan areas. In 1990, 76 percent of rural children and 72 percent of metropolitan-area children were living in… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Housing, Rural |
| Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay a Livable Wage As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and health care. Carroll County… |
New Hampshire | Employment, Family, New Hampshire, Poverty, Wages |
