TY - JOUR
T1 - Income Barriers Faced by Individuals in Receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
AU - Sullivan, Michael K.
AU - Larrison, Christopher R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research employed a correlational design, where the variables were assigned and not manipulated. Data from the Georgia Welfare Reform Grant Research Project, a longitudinal panel design with a stratified proportionate sample was utilized. The office of Human Subjects Review Board (HSRB) at the University of Georgia approved the research project, approval number H2001-10346-0.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Research surrounding welfare to work programs suggests a number of potential factors that mediate welfare dependency ranging from a person's degree of employment barriers to their psychological well-being. This study explores how employment barriers, health barriers, background barriers, human capital barriers, and psychological well-being of individuals in receipt of TANF are related to earned income. Findings indicate that employment barriers, background barriers, human capital, and perceived locus of control are significant factors in determining welfare recipients' future earned income. Other barriers including physical health and psychological well-being such as depression, happiness, life satisfaction and optimism were not strong predictors of earned income.
AB - Research surrounding welfare to work programs suggests a number of potential factors that mediate welfare dependency ranging from a person's degree of employment barriers to their psychological well-being. This study explores how employment barriers, health barriers, background barriers, human capital barriers, and psychological well-being of individuals in receipt of TANF are related to earned income. Findings indicate that employment barriers, background barriers, human capital, and perceived locus of control are significant factors in determining welfare recipients' future earned income. Other barriers including physical health and psychological well-being such as depression, happiness, life satisfaction and optimism were not strong predictors of earned income.
KW - Barriers
KW - Employment
KW - Self-sufficiency
KW - TANF
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1300/J045v17n04_02
DO - 10.1300/J045v17n04_02
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17824589
AN - SCOPUS:1142310704
SN - 0897-7186
VL - 17
SP - 15
EP - 35
JO - Journal of Health and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Health and Social Policy
IS - 4
ER -