SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Kathryn Edin, Herbert Gutman, Fictive Kinship
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There are stereotype of poor african-american family, including depend on welfare . The welfare in us was changed in 1996 which makes it difficult for people to get help. The welfare only entitles for 5 years throughout your life and you need to be employed or looking for a job. The governments lowered the payment by 20% and include the men in the house rule . Changes in african-american family patterns after slavery ended. Higher proportions of lone-parent families (mothers and children) Higher proportions of babies born outside marriage. Lower proportions of people marrying-in the low-income population. *the differences exist only in the lower-income population in the society. Family pattern has no differences between middle or upper-income classes (similar situation in canada)* The relationship between poverty and the pattern of women-headed households and births outside marriage: the culture of poverty argument-daniel patrick moynihan, 1965. Otherwise, social programs are just a waste of money.
