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CHILDREN OF POVERTY

STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF SINGLE PARENTHOOD, THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY, AND HOMELESSNESS

edited by
STUART BRUCHEY
ALLAN NEVINS PROFESSOR EMERITUS
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AND POVERTY

CAN EDUCATION ALONE CHANGE THE STATUS QUO?

CATHERINE M. CASSERLY

First published 1998 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

This edition first published in 2021 by Routledge
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Copyright 1998 Catherine M. Casserly

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Casserly, Catherine M., 1961
African-American women and poverty: can education alone change the status quo? / Catherine M. Casserly.
p. cm. (Children of poverty)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8153-3055-3 (alk. paper)
1. Afro-American womenSocial conditions. 2. Afro-American womenEconomic conditions. 3. Afro-American womenEducationEconomic aspects. 4. Poor womenUnited StatesSocial conditions. 5. Poor womenEducationUnited States. I. Title. II. Series.
E185.86.C34 1998
305.48896073dc21
98-9414

ISBN 13: 978-1-03-216513-4 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-03-216660-5 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-00-324894-1 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9781003248941

To John, Nicholas and Sean

Contents

1. A Theoretical and Empirical Literature Review
   1. Theoretical Review
   2. Empirical Review
   3. Summary
2. Conceptual Framework, Data, and Methodology
   1. Conceptual Framework
   2. Data
   3. Methodology
3. Structural Equation Model of the Education/Poverty Relationship for Women
   1. Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Analyses
   2. Education and Poverty Structural Equation Analysis
   3. Structural Equation System
4. Simulation Analysis
   1. Simulation Analysis by Time Period
   2. Simulation Analysis by Race
5. Time Series Analysis of the Annual Poverty Rate, 1968-1988
   1. Conceptual Model of Annual Poverty Rate, Time Series Methodology and Data
   2. Descriptive Statistics
   3. Findings from Time Series Analysis
6. Conclusions and Policy Implications
   1. Conclusions
   2. Policy Implications

1. Acknowledgments Page
2. A Theoretical and Empirical Literature Review
   1. Theoretical Review
   2. Empirical Review
   3. Summary
3. Conceptual Framework, Data, and Methodology
   1. Conceptual Framework
   2. Data
   3. Methodology
4. Structural Equation Model of the Education/Poverty Relationship for Women
   1. Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Analyses
   2. Education and Poverty Structural Equation Analysis
   3. Structural Equation System
5. Simulation Analysis
   1. Simulation Analysis by Time Period
   2. Simulation Analysis by Race
6. Time Series Analysis of the Annual Poverty Rate, 1968-1988
   1. Conceptual Model of Annual Poverty Rate, Time Series Methodology and Data
   2. Descriptive Statistics
   3. Findings from Time Series Analysis
7. Conclusions and Policy Implications
   1. Conclusions
   2. Policy Implications

1. xxi
2. xxii

Guide

1. Acknowledgments Page

Tables

1. Table 2-1 Characteristics of the Poverty Population and the Incidence of Poverty in Specified Demographic Groups
2. Table 2-2 Percent of Females 25-34 Years of Age Living Below Poverty in 1988, by Educational Attainment
3. Table 2-3 Annual Income of African-American Males, 25 Years and Over, by Educational Level, 1968 and 1987
4. Table 2-4 Annual Income of African-American Females, 25 Years and Over, by Educational Level, 1968 and 1987
5. Table 2-5 Marital Status and Marriage Rates of African-American Women by Age, Selected Years, 1960-1987 (Data in Percentages)
6. Table 2-6 Effects of Educational Attainment on Single Parent Status, African-American Females in their Mid-thirties, in 1967 and 1982, National Longitudinal Survey Data (Data in Percentages)
7. Table 2-7 Children Born to Nonmarried Women, by Race and Years of School, Selected Years (Data in Percentages)
8. Table 3-1 Conceptual Variables, Theoretical Relationships with Education and Poverty, and Operational Measures
9. Table 4-1 Means of Dependent and Independent Variables, by Cohort, African American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data, Weighted
10. Table 4-2 Distribution of Education Across Cohorts, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data in Percentages (N), Weighted
11. Table 4-3 Poverty Incidence, NLS and Census Data
12. Table 4-4 Educational Attainment and Poverty, African-American Women, 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data in Percentages (N), Weighted
13. Table 4-5 Educational Attainment and Teen Births, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data in Percentages (N), Weighted
14. Table 4-6 Educational Attainment and Single-Parent Status, African-American Women, 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data in Percentages (N), Weighted
15. Table 4-7 Educational Attainment and Husbands' Education and Earnings, Married African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data (N), Weighted
16. Table 4-8 Educational Attainment and Employment, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data (N), Weighted
17. Table 4-9 Educational Attainment and Occupational Distribution, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data (N). Weighted
18. Table 4-10a Educational Attainment Model: Regression Coefficients (and Standard Errors) by Cohort, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data, Not Weighted
19. Table 4-10b Educational Attainment Model: Regression Coefficients (and Standard Errors) by Cohort, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data, Weighted
20. Table 4-11a Educational Model: Ordinal Logit Coefficients (Standard Errors) and Odds Ratio by Cohort, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data, Not Weighted
21. Table 4-12a Poverty Model: Regression Coefficients (and Standard Errors) by Cohort, African-American Women 32 to 46 Years of Age with Children, NLS Data, Not Weighted

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