TY - JOUR
T1 - An Analysis of Welfare Participation
T2 - Rational-Choice Perspective and Group-Threat Hypothesis
AU - Cheng, Tyrone
AU - Lo, Celia C.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - This secondary data analysis examined the impacts of human capital, child care, fringe benefits, child support, ethnicity, county economy, and county minority-population size on participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) by parents living at or below the federal poverty threshold. Longitudinal records of 1,789 such parents were extracted from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1996-2008). Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression showed that having personal/family problems, being African American, and residing in a county with widespread unemployment were associated positively with TANF receipt. TANF receipt was associated negatively with employment offering a retirement plan, full-time employment, part-time employment, and residence in a county with a large Hispanic population. Future research might explore the relationship between subpopulations' sizes and states' TANF policies. © 2014
AB - This secondary data analysis examined the impacts of human capital, child care, fringe benefits, child support, ethnicity, county economy, and county minority-population size on participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) by parents living at or below the federal poverty threshold. Longitudinal records of 1,789 such parents were extracted from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1996-2008). Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression showed that having personal/family problems, being African American, and residing in a county with widespread unemployment were associated positively with TANF receipt. TANF receipt was associated negatively with employment offering a retirement plan, full-time employment, part-time employment, and residence in a county with a large Hispanic population. Future research might explore the relationship between subpopulations' sizes and states' TANF policies. © 2014
KW - TANF
KW - group-threat hypothesis
KW - minority population
KW - rational choice
KW - unemployment rate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897401610&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01488376.2013.865580
DO - 10.1080/01488376.2013.865580
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897401610
SN - 0148-8376
VL - 40
SP - 189
EP - 200
JO - Journal of Social Service Research
JF - Journal of Social Service Research
IS - 2
ER -
