ArticleDemography2020
The Dynamics of U.S. Household Economic Circumstances Around a Birth.
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- Sociodemographic and occupational factors influencing pregnant workers' awareness and utilization of the New York City Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- Pregnancy health in a multi-state U.S. population of systemically underserved patients and their children: PROMISE cohort design and baseline characteristics.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S.Journal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management] · 2024Article
- Economic Hardship Predicts Intimate Partner Violence Victimization During Pregnancy.Psychology of violence · 2023Article
- Innovations in social health delivery to advance equitable pediatric and adolescent life course health development: A review and roadmap forward.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2023Review
- Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants: Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S.Research square · 2023Article
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Abstract
With the arrival of an infant, many households face increased demands on resources, changes in the composition of income, and a potentially heightened risk of income inadequacy. Changing household economic circumstances around a birth have implications for child and family well-being, women's economic security, and public program design, yet have received little research attention in the United States. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this study provides new descriptive evidence of month-to-month changes in household income adequacy and the composition of household income in the year before and after a birth. Results show evidence of significant declines in household income adequacy in the months around a birth, particularly for single mothers who live without other adults. Income from public benefit programs buffers but does not eliminate declines in income adequacy. Results have implications for policies targeted at this period, including public benefit and parental leave programs.
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