Welfare Program Participation

Factsheets

Welfare Participation: Factsheet

Detailed Tables

Duration of Participation
National Opinion Polls on Welfare
For Further Information

Duration of Participation

Median Duration of Participation and Standard Errors by Program: 1992-1993

Persons Participating One or More Months in Assistance Programs: 1991 and 1992

National Opinion Polls on Welfare

Opinions on current welfare system and recipients

Problems with the current welfare system are

1997

1996

Poor have a difficult time finding work

1997

1996

Mothers on welfare should perform community service

1997

1996

Biggest problem where I live is

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1996

 

Opinions on Devolution (define devolution)

Is Devolution a good idea?

1997

1996

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Should state government set rules on welfare?

1997

1996

Government is trying to do too many things

1997

1996

Goals of welfare reform are

 1996

Reducing the size of the federal government

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1996

Reducing the size of the state government

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1996

Shifting government functions from the federal level to the state

1997

1996

 

For Further Information

Mothers Who Receive Food Stamps
http://www.census.gov/apsd/www/statbrief/sb95_22.pdf

Mothers Who Receive AFDC Payments -- Fertility and Socioeconomic Characteristics
http://www.census.gov/apsd/www/statbrief/sb95_2.pdf

Who Gets Assistance?
http://www.census.gov/prod/2/pop/p70/p70-58.pdf