Introductory course examining research at the intersection of family and poverty, focusing on socioeconomic influences on family behaviors, childrearing, and the role of policy.
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.