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Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform

Below you will find the introduction to the book, as well as each chapter's commentaries and discussions. For the full chapters, you may purchase the book of Family and Child Well-Being After Welfare Reform for $39.95 per copy, plus shipping and handling. For more information, click here.

* Front Matter
* Chapter 1: Introduction
Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
* Chapter 2: Welfare Reform Update
Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
* Chapter 3: Ongoing Major Research on Welfare Reform: What Will Be Learned
Peter H. Rossi
* Chapter 4: Material Well-Being
Richard Bavier
* Chapter 5: Family versus Household
Wendy D. Manning
* Chapter 6: Teenage Sex, Pregnancy and Nonmarital Births
Isabel V. Sawhill
* Chapter 7: Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Placements
Richard J. Gelles
* Chapter 8: Homelessness and Housing Conditions
John C. Weicher
* Chapter 9: Child Health and Well-Being
Lorraine V. Klerman
* Chapter 10: Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity
Harold S. Beebout
* Chapter 11: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, and Dysfunctional Behavior
Lawrence W. Sherman
* Chapter 12: Mothers' Work and Child Care
Julia B. Isaacs
* Chapter 13: Plans for the Department of Health and Human Services
Patricia Ruggles and Matthew Stagner
* Contributors


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