Explaining the Poverty Dynamics of Rural Families Using an Economic Well-Being Continuum

Mammen, Sheila; Dolan, Elizabeth M.; Seiling, Sharon B.

doi:10.1007/s10834-014-9405-4

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“…• The Economic Well-Being Continuum establishes the level of economic functioning (persistently poor, struggling, and getting by) of low-income families using their circumstances in specific dimensions of life (Mammen et al 2015 )…”

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Well-Being and Stability among Low-income Families: A 10-Year Review of Research

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Scholarship on families in poverty, in the last decade, documented various struggles and challenges faced by low-income families and expanded our understanding of their complicated life circumstances embedded within the contexts of community, culture, and policies. The research articles published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues during this time, that highlighted poverty, focused primarily on three topic areas: economic security, family life issues, and food security. Overall, findings conclude that family well-being and stability cannot be promoted without the consideration of environmental factors. They depend on the interaction among individual (e.g., increased human capital), family (e.g., positive co-parental relationship), community (e.g., affordable childcare), and policy changes (e.g., realistic welfare-to-work programs). Collectively, the articles have provided a road map for future research directions.

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“…• Family health issues and changes in mothers’ intimate relationships acted as significant trigger events that established or altered the economic functioning of the families with their hardships being mitigated by support networks (Mammen et al 2015 )…”

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“…Over one-half (55%) of rural families were found to be "in crisis" mode (Bauer, Braun, & Olson, 2000). Mammen, Dolan, and Seiling (2015) further explained rural families' economic situation through the Economic Well-Being Continuum (EWC), a comprehensive measure describing circumstances of low-income families in eight specific dimensions to establish their levels of economic functioning. These dimensions include families' child care options, employability, food security, health care security, housing security, transportation availability, reliance on assistance programs, and their capabilities.…”

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“…Social support mitigated rural families' hardships (Mammen, Dolan, & Seiling, 2015) and buffered them against economic challenges (Kohler, Anderson, Oravecz, & Braun, 2004). Although needs were high and resources were few, mothers used various support networks to meet their needs (Seiling, Manoogian, & Son, 2011).…”

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Obtaining a "Global Lens" through International Service Learning: A Framework for Family Science Courses

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ABSTRACT. Rural, low-income families face a multitude of challenges in their quest for economic security. This paper presents the major findings from two studies, Rural Families Speak and Rural Families Speak about Health, that highlight factors that contribute to the economic well-being of these families. These factors included employment challenges as well as the role of various types of support, such as public assistance programs, social and family networks, resource management skills, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Policymakers should pay special attention to income needs of vulnerable families in the context of unique challenges of living in rural areas. Economically secure rural families are better prepared to play important roles in the viability and vitality of their communities. Policy implications and recommendations to improve families' economic well-being are provided with this perspective in mind.

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“…Much of this transformation has been tied to changes in the meat packing industry that have attracted considerable migration from Central America [150]–[152]. Yet other deep structural changes have emerged recently as well, including differences in gendered employment [153]–[155], uneven and short-lived patterns of return migration [156] [157], differential impact of age [158] and education [159] on migration, and related general patterns of rural economic well-being [160]–[162]. One possible explanation is that these changes lie behind surface statistics documenting racial/ethnic health disparities among homeless women in the region.…”

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Network Approaches to Substance Use and HIV/Hepatitis C Risk among Homeless Youth and Adult Women in the United States: A Review

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During the United States economic recession of 2008–2011, the number of homeless and unstably housed people in the United States increased considerably. Homeless adult women and unaccompanied homeless youth make up the most marginal segments of this population. Because homeless individuals are a hard to reach population, research into these marginal groups has traditionally been a challenge for researchers interested in substance abuse and mental health. Network analysis techniques and research strategies offer means for dealing with traditional challenges such as missing sampling frames, variation in definitions of homelessness and study inclusion criteria, and enumeration/population estimation procedures. This review focuses on the need for, and recent steps toward, solutions to these problems that involve network science strategies for data collection and analysis. Research from a range of fields is reviewed and organized according to a new stress process framework aimed at understanding how homeless status interacts with issues related to substance abuse and mental health. Three types of network innovation are discussed: network scale-up methods, a network ecology approach to social resources, and the integration of network variables into the proposed stress process model of homeless substance abuse and mental health. By employing network methods and integrating these methods into existing models, research on homeless and unstably housed women and unaccompanied young people can address existing research challenges and promote more effective intervention and care programs.

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Explaining the Poverty Dynamics of Rural Families Using an Economic Well-Being Continuum

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Well-Being and Stability among Low-income Families: A 10-Year Review of Research

Well-Being and Stability among Low-income Families: A 10-Year Review of Research

Obtaining a "Global Lens" through International Service Learning: A Framework for Family Science Courses

Network Approaches to Substance Use and HIV/Hepatitis C Risk among Homeless Youth and Adult Women in the United States: A Review

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