Informal Networks of Low-Income Mothers: Support, Burden, and Change.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors examined the support and burden of low-income, urban mothers' informal networks.

Background

Living or growing up in poverty strongly predicts barriers and instability across several life domains for mothers and their children. Informal networks can play a critical role in promoting maternal and child well-being particularly in the midst of poverty. Understanding informal support and the reciprocal burden it may create is especially relevant for low-income families living with a reduced public safety net in the post-welfare reform era. Therefore, study aims were to measure support and burden among low-income mothers and determine if support and burden change over time.

Method

Data were from the Welfare, Children, Families (WCF) project, a longitud

SUBMITTER: Radey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6867802 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature