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Transitions Off Welfare: An Examination of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Motivational Predictors
Author(s) -
Stellmack Amy L.,
Wanberg Connie R.,
Kammeyermueller John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00309
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , welfare , context (archaeology) , demographic economics , psychology , welfare reform , longitudinal study , investment (military) , economics , social psychology , political science , demography , sociology , population , geography , medicine , politics , archaeology , pathology , law , market economy
A three‐wave longitudinal study of 1071 female Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) recipients was conducted to examine predictors of welfare outcomes in the context of the 1996 federal welfare reform act. In addition to the demographic and socioeconomic variables that typically have been examined in the welfare literature, motivational variables (i.e., achievement motivation and goal commitment) that have been touted to be important by the popular press and in qualitative studies but never systematically measured were examined.