title: Impact of welfare reform on teenage parent recipients: an analysis of two cohorts.
abstract: To assess early effects of welfare reform, administrative data was used to compare prereform and postreform cohorts of teenage parents regarding the impact of reform on welfare enrollments, case closures, child maltreatment, and subsequent births. The relation of mandated living arrangements to outcomes was also examined. Cohort differences were observed in enrollments and reasons for closure, but not in maltreatment or birth rates. Living arrangements were found to be associated with case closure.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Boston University, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001723:Birth Rate; D002649:Child Abuse; D002669:Child Welfare; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics*