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This paper empirically examines the effects of family income and family structure on family resou... more This paper empirically examines the effects of family income and family structure on family resource allocation behavior. The results indicate that, with everything else held constant, families with higher income allocate a greater share of their resources to normal goods than do low-income families. With family income held constant, single-parent families allocate more of their expenditure to medical services and inferior goods, and allocate much less of their resources to normal goods. This expenditure behavior suggests that single-parent families have an economically disadvantaged status compared to two-parent families. On the other hand, these single-parent families have different preferences as well. Single-father families allocate more of their resources to adult goods such as drinking and tobacco while single-mother families devote more resources to family-and/or child-oriented goods such as education. This study makes a unique contribution not only by assessing the effects of family income on resource allocation behavior but also by providing a picture of how single-parent families and two-parent families allocate their resources in Taiwan. The significance of our findings is underlined by recognizing the importance of family structure to resource allocation within the family.

Buoyed by the success of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation A... more Buoyed by the success of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), whose time limits and work requirements played a large role in the reduction of the welfare rolls, conservative advocates of welfare reform are now moving to ensure that our welfare system reflects traditional family values as well. Responding to this sentiment, the Bush Administration is

Social Work Research, 1998

Social Service Review, 2003

... Wen‐Jui Han ... Specifically, the legislative index includes six measures of child support le... more ... Wen‐Jui Han ... Specifically, the legislative index includes six measures of child support legislation (values range from zero for states with no law to six for states with all six laws): numerical guidelines, presumptive guidelines, wage withholding under delinquency, immediate ...

This paper examines the contributing factors to the increase in the numbers of divorced and separ... more This paper examines the contributing factors to the increase in the numbers of divorced and separated mothers in Taiwan since the end of 1980s. In particular, it tests the hypothesis of women's economic independence. Data from the Survey of Family Income and Expenditures is used; women's potential earnings are used as the measure of their economic independence. A probit model is employed to examine the effect of predicted earnings (economic independence) on the probability of being a divorced or separated mother. The findings indicate that the rapid increase in women's education substantially raises their economic independence, and the increase in women's economic independence and the decrease in the number of children contribute greatly to the increase in the numbers of divorced and separated mothers. These results suggest that economic independence not only enables women to be less dependent on marriage for economic security but also makes divorce and separation more affordable.

Journal of Social Work Education, 2012

ABSTRACT China's social work education dates back to the 1920s, but the profession disapp... more ABSTRACT China's social work education dates back to the 1920s, but the profession disappeared for 36 years after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Not until the late 1980s was social work education in China revived. At the turn of the new century, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council supported the urgent need for social work professionals to solve serious social problems to build what the government called a harmonious society. Since then, China's social work education has gone through rapid development. We examine the characteristics of China's social work education development since the economic reform of 1978 and present the challenges, opportunities, and future prospects for the profession.

Journal of Social Service Research, 2000

Abstract This study examines the role of perceived self‐efficacy in mediating relations between m... more Abstract This study examines the role of perceived self‐efficacy in mediating relations between mothers&#x27; parenting behavior and variables such as maternal employment status, depressive symptoms, parenting stress, and child behavior problems. Subjects were 93 ...

Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007

Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005

Journal of Family Issues, 2003

Using the 1991-1998 Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, we analyzed the determinants of coll... more Using the 1991-1998 Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, we analyzed the determinants of college attendance rates and educational expenditure among families with children in Taiwan, paying particular attention to the effects of family structure and family income. The findings indicate that higher family income is consistently associated with higher college attendance rates and spending on education. Children in single-parent

Journal of Adolescence, 2004

Using the 1995 new cohort of the National Survey of Adolescent Males, this paper examines the ass... more Using the 1995 new cohort of the National Survey of Adolescent Males, this paper examines the association between perceptions of child support and adolescent males&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; sexual activity. The results indicate that adolescent males who expect the chance of being required to pay child support is high if one becomes a non-resident father or who has a family member who paid child support before are more likely to have the same female sexual partner and less likely to have had two or more female partners. Additionally, expectations of being required to pay child support and history of a family member paying child support are positively associated with contraceptive use, especially for Black adolescents.

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011

ABSTRACT Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is increasingly recognized as having a ... more ABSTRACT Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is increasingly recognized as having a negative impact on both the mother and her unborn child. The current study extends previous work to examine the impact of both physical and emotional IPV separately and cumulatively on the mother and her child. Specifically, we used the Fragile Families dataset (N=3961) to determine the effect of emotional and physical IPV on women and children at one year postpartum. Analyses revealed that both physical and emotional victimization have independent and negative impacts on mothers and their children. Emotional victimization was associated with poorer overall health for the mother, elevated maternal depression, poorer overall health for the child, and difficult child temperament. Experiencing a combination of physical and emotional victimization resulted in more problematic outcomes. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

Children and Youth Services Review, 2010

Using the first four waves of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this article examin... more Using the first four waves of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this article examined the effects of mothers who experienced domestic violence at Year 1 on the externalizing and internalizing behavior problems of children at Year 5 and investigated whether maternal mental health and parenting at Year 3 mediated those effects. Findings from structural equation modeling showed partial

Children and Youth Services Review, 2001

In this paper we assess the economic capabilities of a sample of unwed mothers who gave birth in ... more In this paper we assess the economic capabilities of a sample of unwed mothers who gave birth in the spring of 1998 in hospitals that serve low-income residents in seven cities that are part of a national sampling frame. We show that recent unwed mothers who are not in a cohabiting relationship are especially vulnerable to economic hardship because they are more likely to encounter multiple barriers to employment than mothers who do cohabit with their newborn's father. However, analyses of earnings capacity suggest that most single-mother families would be poor even if the mothers worked 1500 hours per year, and near poor if they worked full-time, year round (2000 hours). Analyses of income portfolios indicate that low-income mothers are quite resourceful packaging cash and income transfers from multiple sources to meet the needs of their families. These results are discussed in the context of recent welfare reforms.

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013

Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2904), we investigated whethe... more Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2904), we investigated whether maternal work schedules were associated with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement and child maltreatment indicators during the first five years of a child's life. We further examined if this association could be explained by demographic characteristics, child care arrangements, maternal health and social supports, economic and hardship characteristics, and parenting practices. Finally, we examined if this association differed by context (i.e., maternal marital status, maternal education, and family income-to-needs ratio). Our regression results indicate significant associations between maternal shift work and mother-reported CPS involvement and mother-reported psychological aggression behaviors. Economic and hardship characteristics explained some of the significant association between maternal shift work and CPS involvement. Economic and hardship characteristics and parenting practices also explained some of the significant association between maternal shift work and psychological aggression behaviors. The obtained significant associations were more pronounced for mothers who were not married, who were high school graduates, and whose family income was either below or near poverty. We discuss the broader social factors associated with employment demands and childcare arrangements.

Child Development, 2000

Using data from an ongoing study of 93 single Black mothers of preschoolers who had been welfare ... more Using data from an ongoing study of 93 single Black mothers of preschoolers who had been welfare recipients, but were employed in low-wage jobs at baseline, this study tests a model of how maternal education, economic conditions (earnings and financial strain), and the availability of instrumental support influence maternal psychological functioning, parenting, and child development. Results indicate that maternal educational attainment was positively associated with earnings, which, together with instrumental support, were negatively associated with financial strain. Financial strain, in turn, was implicated in elevated levels of depressive symptoms, which were directly and negatively implicated in parenting quality. The quality of parenting was associated with children's behavior problems and preschool ability. Specifically, mothers with higher scores on the HOME scale, our measure of involved, supportive parenting, had children with fewer behavior problems and better preschool ability.