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Research ArticleI. Severe Deprivation Among the Young and Old
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Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net

Liana Fox, Christopher Wimer, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, Jane Waldfogel
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2015, 1 (1) 14-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.02
Liana Fox
aPostdoctoral researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
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Christopher Wimer
bResearch scientist and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the ColumbiaSchool of Social Work
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Irwin Garfinkel
cProfessor of Contemporary Urban Problems at the Columbia School of Social Work
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Neeraj Kaushal
dProfessor at the Columbia School of Social Work
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JaeHyun Nam
eGraduate student at the Columbia School of Social Work
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Jane Waldfogel
fCompton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children's and Youth Problems at the Columbia School of Social Work
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    Overall Deep Poverty, with and Without Taxes and Transfers, 1968–2011

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    Deep Poverty by Family Structure Among Families with Children, 1968–2011

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    Deep Poverty by Family Employment Among Families with Children, 1968–2011

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    The Impacts of the EITC, Cash Welfare, and Nutrition Programs on Deep Poverty Among Working-Age Single-Parent Families with Children, 1968–2011

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    The Composition of Deep Poverty by Family Structure Among Families with Children, 1968–2011

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    The Composition of Deep Poverty by Employment Status Among Families with Children, 1968–2011

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    Distribution of Employment Status Among Single-Parent Families with Children, 1968–2011

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Liana Fox, Christopher Wimer, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, Jane Waldfogel
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (1) 14-34; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.02

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