Risk factors of long-term social assistance recipiency among lone mothers. The case of Sweden

Oskälig levnadsnivå? En studie av inkomstnivåer bland ensamstående mödrar med socialbidrag

“…Av analysen framkommer även att sam- (Halleröd, 2003;Mood, 2011;Stranz & Wiklund, 2012). Möjligen kan detta få konsekvenser även för fastställandet av en skälig levnadsnivå, i den meningen att handläggare tillmäter renodlade klientegenskaper och mer strukturellt orienterade förhållanden allt större vikt i bedömningsarbetet (jämför t.ex.…”

“…Förändringarna innebär för det tredje att människors försörjningsproblem i mindre utsträckning än tidigare betingas av individuella hinder, exempelvis psykosocial problematik. Av större betydelse är istället mer grundläggande klientegenskaper som etnicitet, kön och hushållstyp (Halleröd, 2003, Stranz & Wiklund, 2012jämför Hammarstedt, 2009;Mood, 2011).…”

Intersectional patterns of social assistance eligibility in Sweden

“…Although the figures fluctuate over time, approximately one single mother in five relies on the subsidy, to be compared with one in 50 couple households (NBHW, 2017b). Further, the spells of receiving assistance are longer among immigrants and single mothers than the average, a tendency that is most pronounced among foreign-born single mothers (Stranz and Wiklund 2012).…”

“…While the PSS traditionally targets problems of a psychosocial nature, the need for social assistance can to a high extent be attributed to unemployment (e.g. Stranz and Wiklund 2012). Along with increasing emphasis on activation policy, the professionals' assessments of an applicant's efforts to participate in the labour force often plays an important role in the decision-making (e.g.…”

“…In consequence, the schemes provide weak protection for citizens with low wages and a peripheral position on the Swedish labour market (e.g. Gustafsson 2013;Stranz and Wiklund 2012) and imply an overarching disadvantage for women and immigrants (Nyberg 2014). Since social assistance is earmarked for those who are unable to support themselves by other means, the need for the subsidy is intimately linked to labour market dynamics and strengths and weaknesses in the upper layers of the safety net (cf.…”