Footloose and Fancy Free? Two Decades of Single Mothers’ Subjective Well-Being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10537801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris M Herbst (0000-0003-2373-0690, Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-222 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/666390 |
| OpenAlex | W2066161862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 39 |
The last several decades witnessed dramatic changes to US tax and transfer programs. Despite an abundance of research evaluating the effect of these work-based policy reforms on single mothers’ employment and welfare behavior, little is known about mothers’ subjective well-being. Using unique data from the DDB Worldwide Communications Life Style survey, this study examines several dimensions of single mothers’ subjective well-being before and after the full implementation of policy reforms, finding that single mothers experience large deficits in most indicators of well-being. However, over the past few decades, these mothers witnessed absolute and relative increases in global life satisfaction, declining regrets about the past, and improvements in financial satisfaction. Nearly all of these gains occurred after implementation of the tax and transfer reforms. In contrast, results from measures of self-reported stress and anxiety suggest that single mothers’ condition worsened slightly following the transition to a work-based policy regime
Anxiety · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Life satisfaction · Political science · Single mothers · Subjective well-being · Welfare · Work (physics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |