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Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 1. Labor

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 1. Labor Force Attachment

Figure WORK 1. Percentage of Individuals in Families with Labor Force Participants, by Race: 1999 Source: Unpublished tabulations of March CPS data.
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Employment and Work-related Risk Factors

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factors

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Economic Security Risk Factor 9. Lack of Health

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 9. Lack of Health Insurance

Figure ECON 9. Percentage of Persons without Health Insurance, by Income: 1999 Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, March 2000.
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Economic Security Risk Factor 8. Food Insecurity

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 8. Food Insecurity

Figure ECON 8. Percentage of Households Classified as Food Insecure: 1999 Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, ERS, calculations using data August 1998 CPS Food Security Supplement.
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Economic Security Risk Factor 7. Child Support

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 7. Child Support

Figure ECON 7a.  Total, Non-AFDC/TANF, and AFDC/TANF Title IV-D Child Support Collections: 1978-1999
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Economic Security Risk Factor 6. Long-term

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 6. Long-term Poverty

Figure ECON 6. Percentage of Children Ages 0 to 5 in 1982 Living in Poverty Between 1982 and 1991, by Years in Poverty and Race Source: Unpublished data from the PSID, 1983-1992.
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Economic Security Risk Factor 5. Poverty Spells

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 5. Poverty Spells

Figure ECON 5. Percentage of Poverty Spells for Individuals Entering Poverty During the 1993 SIPP Panel, by Length of Spell Source:  Unpublished data from the SIPP, 1993 panel.
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Economic Security Risk Factor 4. Poverty Rates

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 4. Poverty Rates with Various Means-tested Benefits Included

Figure ECON 4.  Percentage of Total Population in Poverty with Various Means-Tested Benefits Added to Total Cash Income: 1979-1999
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Economic Security Risk Factor 3. Alternative

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 3. Alternative Poverty Measures

Figure ECON 3. Percentage of Persons in Poverty Using Official and Alternative Poverty Measure: 1990-1999 Source:  Census Bureau tabulations of March CPS data.
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Economic Security Risk Factor 2. Deep Poverty

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 2. Deep Poverty Rates

Figure ECON 2. Percentage of Total Population Below 50 and 100 Percent of Poverty Level: 1975-1999
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Economic Security Risk Factor 1. Poverty Rates

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factor 1. Poverty Rates

Figure ECON 1.  Percentage of Persons in Poverty, by Age: 1959-1999
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Economic Security Risk Factors

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Economic Security Risk Factors

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Chapter III: Predictors and Risk Factors

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Chapter III: Predictors and Risk Factors Associated with Welfare Receipt

The Welfare Indicators Act challenges the Department of Health and Human Services to identify and set forth not only indicators of welfare dependence and welfare duration, but also predictors and causes of welfare receipt.  Up to this point, welfare research has not established clear and definitive causes of welfare dependence.  However, researc
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Indicator 11: Events Associated with the

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 11: Events Associated with the Beginning and Ending of Program Spells

Table IND 11a. Percentage of First AFDC Spell Beginnings Associated with Specific Events: Selected Periods   Spell Began 1973-1979 Spell Began 1980-1985 Spell Began 1986-1991 First birth to an unmarried, non-cohabiting mother 27.9 20.9 22.2
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Indicator 10: Long-term Receipt

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 10: Long-term Receipt

Figure IND 10. Percentage of AFDC Recipients in 1982, by Years of Receipt Between 1982 and 1991 Source: Unpublished data from the PSID, 1983-1992.
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Indicator 9. Long-term Dependency

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 9. Long-term Dependency

Figure IND9. Percentage of AFDC Recipients with More than 50 Percent of Income from AFDC and Food Stamps Between 1982 and 1991, by Years of Dependency
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INDICATOR 8: PROGRAM SPELL DURATION

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 8: Program Spell Duration

Figure IND 8. Percentage of AFDC, Food Stamp, and SSI Spells for Individuals Entering Programs During the 1993 SIPP Panel, by Length of Spell
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Indicator 7. Dependence Spell Duration

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 7. Dependence Spell Duration

Figure IND 7. Percentage of AFDC Spells of Individuals in Families with No Labor Force Participants for Individuals Entering Programs During the 1993 SIPP Panel, by Length of Spell
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Indicator 6: Dependence Transitions

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 6: Dependence Transitions

Figure IND 6. Dependency Status in 1995 of Persons Who Received More than 50 Percent of Income from Means-Tested Assistance in 1994, by Race Source:  Unpublished data from the SIPP, 1993 panel.
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Indicator 5: Multiple Program Receipt

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Indicator 5: Multiple Program Receipt

Figure IND 5. Percentage of Population Receiving Assistance from Multiple Programs (TANF, Food Stamps, & SSI), Among Those Receiving Assistance: 1998

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