Karen Fox Folk
Biographic Data
| ID | 77464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Fox Folk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen Fox |
| FAMILY NAME | Folk |
| SIGNATURE | FOLK K F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Single Mothers in Various Living Arrangements
The economic status of single mothers with dependent children has recently been shown to vary greatly according to their living arrangements, a finding with implications for poverty policy and welfare reform. The economic and time resources of single mothers in various living arrangements were compared using the 1987 National Survey of Families and Households, Cohabitation is significantly related to increased income adequacy and lesser receipt o…
Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements
Karen Fox Folk, Yunae Yi, Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements: Crazy Quilt or Preferred Pattern for Employed Parents of Preschool Children?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Aug., 1994), pp. 669-680
Class, Couples, and Conflict
Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Karen Folk, Class, Couples, and Conflict: Effects of the Division of Labor on Assessments of Marriage in Dual-Earner Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 165-180
Part-Time Work and Child Care Choices for Mothers of Preschool Children
The AA. examine joint choices of level of employment and child care arrangement using a sample of mothers of preschool children from the National Survey of Families and Households. Including part-time employment in the choice model is important because nearly 40 % of mothers of preschool children combine employment and caregiving by working part-time. Results suggest a unique combination of factors affecting the choice of part-time employment com…
Child Support and Remarriage
This article examines the relationship between two determinants of economic well-being for divorced mothers, child support and remarriage. Using a nationally representative sample of non-Black, ever-divorced mothers eligible for child support from the 1979, 1982, 1984, and 1986 March/April match file of the Current Population Survey, we predict the probability of remarriage using four measures of child support awarded and received while controlli…
Class, Couples, and Conflict
Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Karen Folk, Class, Couples, and Conflict: Effects of the Division of Labor on Assessments of Marriage in Dual-Earner Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 165-180
Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements
Karen Fox Folk, Yunae Yi, Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements: Crazy Quilt or Preferred Pattern for Employed Parents of Preschool Children?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Aug., 1994), pp. 669-680
Part-Time Work and Child Care Choices for Mothers of Preschool Children
The AA. examine joint choices of level of employment and child care arrangement using a sample of mothers of preschool children from the National Survey of Families and Households. Including part-time employment in the choice model is important because nearly 40 % of mothers of preschool children combine employment and caregiving by working part-time. Results suggest a unique combination of factors affecting the choice of part-time employment com…
Single Mothers in Various Living Arrangements
The economic status of single mothers with dependent children has recently been shown to vary greatly according to their living arrangements, a finding with implications for poverty policy and welfare reform. The economic and time resources of single mothers in various living arrangements were compared using the 1987 National Survey of Families and Households, Cohabitation is significantly related to increased income adequacy and lesser receipt o…
Child Support and Remarriage
This article examines the relationship between two determinants of economic well-being for divorced mothers, child support and remarriage. Using a nationally representative sample of non-Black, ever-divorced mothers eligible for child support from the 1979, 1982, 1984, and 1986 March/April match file of the Current Population Survey, we predict the probability of remarriage using four measures of child support awarded and received while controlli…
Child Support and Remarriage
This article examines the relationship between two determinants of economic well-being for divorced mothers, child support and remarriage. Using a nationally representative sample of non-Black, ever-divorced mothers eligible for child support from the 1979, 1982, 1984, and 1986 March/April match file of the Current Population Survey, we predict the probability of remarriage using four measures of child support awarded and received while controlli…
Part-Time Work and Child Care Choices for Mothers of Preschool Children
The AA. examine joint choices of level of employment and child care arrangement using a sample of mothers of preschool children from the National Survey of Families and Households. Including part-time employment in the choice model is important because nearly 40 % of mothers of preschool children combine employment and caregiving by working part-time. Results suggest a unique combination of factors affecting the choice of part-time employment com…
Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements
Karen Fox Folk, Yunae Yi, Piecing Together Child Care with Multiple Arrangements: Crazy Quilt or Preferred Pattern for Employed Parents of Preschool Children?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Aug., 1994), pp. 669-680
Class, Couples, and Conflict
Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Karen Folk, Class, Couples, and Conflict: Effects of the Division of Labor on Assessments of Marriage in Dual-Earner Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 165-180
Single Mothers in Various Living Arrangements
The economic status of single mothers with dependent children has recently been shown to vary greatly according to their living arrangements, a finding with implications for poverty policy and welfare reform. The economic and time resources of single mothers in various living arrangements were compared using the 1987 National Survey of Families and Households, Cohabitation is significantly related to increased income adequacy and lesser receipt o…
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Child care (2 works) · Demography (2 works)