Working Poor
Having a job does not necessarily shield a family from poverty. In 2001 about 6.8 million Americans were classified as working poor, people who work year-round and full-time but struggle to survive despite their efforts. Often lacking job skills and adequate child care and health care, the working poor face problems such as low-wage jobs, reduced hours of work, and periods of unemployment.
Work is one of the most important activities in an individual's life. It consumes more hours of many people's lives than any other activity. Most people work to obtain income or goods to live on and to support their families. Work also plays a major role in determining a person's…>> (read more)
Working Poor Points of View
5 Welfare Queen Stereotype
6 Crime Rates in Poor Neighborhoods
7 Struggles of Young Immigrants in Urban America
8 Low-Wage Earners: Trapped in Poverty
9 Myth of Widespread American Poverty
10 Various Theories on the Causes of Poverty
11 Economic Factors Behind Long-Term Poverty
12 Lack of Job Opportunities in the Inner City
13 Single-Parent Families Are More Likely to Be Poor
14 Immigration Is Responsible for the Rising Poverty Rate
15 Living Wage Is Necessary to Help the Working Poor
16 Living Wage Will Not Eliminate Poverty
17 Workfare: Successes and Failures
18 Corporate Involvement In Job-Training Programs
19 Government Support of Faith-Based Initiatives Can Help Reduce Poverty
20 Government Should Not Rely on Religious Charities to Help the Poor
21 Practical Alternative to Public Housing Projects
22 Providing Better Housing for the Poor
23 Living in Fear
24 Responsibilities of an Inner-City Grandmother
25 Stretching the Welfare Check
26 Trying to Leave the Inner City
27 Welfare Reform Is Helping the Poor Move Out of Poverty
28 Mixed Results of Welfare Reform
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Working Poor in the News
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, food stamps, child care subsidies and the earned income tax credit form the core work-support system for America's low-income working families.…>> (read more)
The Food Pyramid symbolizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture's guidelines for a healthy diet. It represents the six major food groups--and how much should be eaten from each. But…>> (read more)
Using means tests, ANOVA, contingency methods and polytomous logistic regression techniques, I analyze job satisfaction survey data provided by former welfare recipients in Illinois. Mean job satisfaction in the…>> (read more)
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