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FAMILIES & POVERTY

HDFS 765
Course Description

Introduction to research on families and poverty. Learn how family behaviors vary by socioeconomic status; how romantic relationships, childbearing, and childrearing may be implicated in poverty; what the consequences of poverty are for family functioning and children; and about the role of policy in influencing families and poverty.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
4

6.29% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

5.56% from Historical

A Rate
100%

11.76% from Historical

Class Size
8

-15.79% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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