13.4 Poverty
Objectives
 Describe the link between jobs,
unmarried motherhood, and poverty.
 Identify some unplanned results of
income-assistance programs.
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Key Terms
 cycle of poverty
 welfare reform
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Poverty and the Economy
Poverty and jobs
Poverty and unemployment
Unmarried motherhood and poverty
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U.S. Poverty Rates by Family
Type and Number of Workers
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Figure 13.8
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U.S. Poverty Rates
and Unemployment Rates
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Figure 13.9
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Unplanned Results
of Income Assistance
 Why work?
 Long-term dependency
 Cycle of poverty—children in welfare families
may end up on welfare themselves when they
grow up
 Welfare reforms—An overhaul of the welfare
system in 1996 that imposed a lifetime welfare
limit of five years per recipient and other
conditions
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Poverty Rates in the United States
Figure 13.10
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