- Women as family breadwinner on the rise, study says, By Catherine Rampell, May 29, 2013, New York Times: “Women are not only more likely to be the primary caregivers in a family. Increasingly, they are primary breadwinners, too. Four in 10 households with children under age 18 now include a mother who is either the sole or primary earner for her family, according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday. This share, the highest on record, has quadrupled since 1960. The shift reflects evolving family dynamics…”
- Nearly 40 percent of mothers are now the family breadwinners, report says, By Brigid Schulte, May 28, 2013, Washington Post: “In a trend accelerated by the recent recession and an increase in births to single mothers, nearly four in 10 families with children under the age of 18 are now headed by women who are the sole or primary breadwinners for their families, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center…”
- More U.S. women than ever are breadwinners, Pew study finds, By Emily Alpert, May 28, 2013, Los Angeles Times: “Mothers are breadwinners for a record share of American families, as more women bring up children on their own and more married mothers outearn their husbands, an analysis of census data shows. The new reality is a dramatic shift from decades ago, the Pew Research Center found in a study released Wednesday. Two years ago, more than 40% of American households with children relied on a mother as their biggest or only source of income — a massive jump from 11% of families in 1960…”
Month: May 2013
Free Lunch Program and School Funding – Indiana
State won’t use free lunch program as poverty indicator, By Maureen Hayden, May 24, 2013, News and Tribune: “Indiana is changing the way it counts low-income students in public schools because Republican legislators suspect fraud in the federal school-lunch program used to measure poverty. Tucked inside the budget bill passed by the General Assembly last month is a provision that ends the use of the program to determine levels of poverty-based funding for school districts after next year. Instead, the state’s textbook assistance program, which provides free schoolbooks to low-income children, will be used to calculate how much additional money the state gives schools to help educate children most at-risk for failure…”
Youth Unemployment – Europe
Euro leaders unite to tackle soaring youth unemployment rates, By Rupert Neate and Graeme Wearden, May 28, 2013, The Guardian: “European leaders yesterday warned that youth unemployment – which stands at up to 59% in some countries – could lead to a continent-wide ‘catastrophe’ and widespread social unrest aimed at member state governments. The French, German and Italian governments yesterday joined together to launch initiatives to ‘rescue an entire generation’ who fear they will never find jobs. More than 7.5m young Europeans aged between 15-24 are not employed or in education or training, according to European Union data. The rate of youth unemployment is more than double that of adults, and more than half of young people in Greece (59%) and Spain (55%) are unemployed…”