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- Title
Transmission of Family Values, Work, and Welfare Among Poor Urban Black Women.
- Authors
Iversen, Roberta Rehner; Farber, Naomi B.
- Abstract
The article analyzes the transmission of family values, work and welfare among poor urban Black women in the U.S. In this paper, the authors present findings about the dynamic interaction among family values, family transmission processes, and young people's attitudes and behavior regarding both work and welfare, a dual focus that is seldom seen in research about occupational attainment. The authors examine the values about work and welfare and their transmission in relation to work status and perceptions of future work among a group of 50 poor Black women aged 15 to 23 from inner-city Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The findings of the authors indicate both that and how the intra-familial value transmission processes are important to the economic lives of young adults. These findings provide direct support for the expansion rather than reduction of economic and social welfare policies and related programs that will maximize the abilities of all family members to contribute to social capital development.
- Subjects
MILWAUKEE (Wis.); WISCONSIN; UNITED States; BLACK women; WOMEN employees; FAMILY-work relationship
- Publication
Work & Occupations, 1996, Vol 23, Issue 4, p437
- ISSN
0730-8884
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0730888496023004006