Indicators of Welfare Dependence

Annual Report to Congress
2007

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

For on-line versions of this report (and previous annual reports)
see this web page of the Office of Human Services Policy:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/indicators-rtc/index.shtml

How to Obtain a Printed Copy

Contents

Executive Summary (in PDF format, 2 pages)

ASPE Research Brief (in PDF format, 4 pages)

Chapters

1. Introduction and Overview (in PDF format, 10 pages)
   • Organization of Report
   • Measuring Welfare Dependence
   • Measuring Economic Well-Being
   • Data Sources
2. Indicators of Dependence (in PDF format, 37 pages)
   • Indicator 1.  Degree of Dependence
   • Indicator 2.  Receipt of Means-Tested Assistance and Labor Force Attachment
   • Indicator 3.  Rates of Receipt of Means-Tested Assistance
   • Indicator 4.  Rates of Participation in Means-Tested Assistance Programs
   • Indicator 5.  Multiple Program Receipt
   • Indicator 6.  Dependence Transitions
   • Indicator 7.  Dependence Spell Duration
   • Indicator 8.  Welfare Spell Duration with No Labor Force Attachment
   • Indicator 9.  Long-Term Receipt
   • Indicator 10.  Events Associated with the Beginning and Ending of Program Spells
3. Predictors and Risk Factors Associated with Welfare Receipt (in PDF format, 43 pages)
   • Economic Security Risk Factors
     • ECON 1.  Poverty Rates
     • ECON 2.  Deep Poverty Rates
     • ECON 3.  Experimental Poverty Measures
     • ECON 4.  Poverty Rates with Various Means-Tested Benefits Included
     • ECON 5.  Poverty Spells
     • ECON 6.  Child Support
     • ECON 7.  Food Insecurity
     • ECON 8.  Lack of Health Insurance
   • Employment and Work-Related Risk Factors
     • WORK 1.  Labor Force Attachment
     • WORK 2.  Employment among the Low-Skilled
     • WORK 3.  Earnings of Low-Skilled Workers
     • WORK 4.  Educational Attainment
     • WORK 5.  High School Dropout Rates
     • WORK 6.  Adult Alcohol and Substance Abuse
     • WORK 7.  Adult and Child Disability
     • WORK 8.  Labor Force Participation of Women with Children under 18
   • NonMarital Birth Risk Factors
     • BIRTH 1.  Nonmarital Births
     • BIRTH 2.  Nonmarital Teen Births
     • BIRTH 3.  Nonmarital Teen Births within Age Groups
     • BIRTH 4.  Never-Married Family Status

Appendices

1. Program Data (in PDF format, 54 pages)
   • Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
   • Food Stamp Program
   • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
2. Alternative Definition of Dependence Based on Income from TANF and Food Stamps (in PDF format, 4 pages)
3. Additional Nonmarital Birth Data (in PDF format, 7 pages)
4. Technical Notes (in PDF format, 3 pages)

How to Obtain a Printed Copy

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You may also obtain a printed copy by printing the single, large PDF file, 2007 Indicators (175 pages, 1 MB), or the following separate PDF files (Note:  some of these PDF files are large):

• Title page and table of contents (14 pages)
• Executive Summary (2 pages)
• Chapter I (10 pages)
• Chapter II (37 pages)
• Chapter III (43 pages)
• Appendix A (54 pages)
• Appendix B (4 pages)
• Appendix C (7 pages)
• Appendix D (3 pages)

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Last updated:  09/19/07