Glass ceilings and bottomless pits: women's work, women's poverty
Gespeichert in:
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Boston, MA
South End Press
1997
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 221 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 089608566X 0896085651 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV011789859 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 00000000000000.0 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 980223s1997 ad|| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 089608566X |9 0-89608-566-X | ||
| 020 | |a 0896085651 |9 0-89608-565-1 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)36949714 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV011789859 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-188 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a HV95 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 362.83/086/942 |2 21 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Albelda, Randy |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Glass ceilings and bottomless pits |b women's work, women's poverty |c by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly |
| 264 | 1 | |a Boston, MA |b South End Press |c 1997 | |
| 300 | |a XV, 221 S. |b Ill., graph. Darst. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Aide sociale - États-Unis | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Femmes pauvres - États-Unis | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Poor women |z United States | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Public welfare |z United States | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Welfare recipients |z United States | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Beschäftigung |0 (DE-588)4005979-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Armut |0 (DE-588)4002963-3 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Frau |0 (DE-588)4018202-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Sozialhilfe |0 (DE-588)4055776-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 4 | |a États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993- | |
| 651 | 4 | |a USA | |
| 651 | 4 | |a United States |x Social policy |y 1993- | |
| 651 | 7 | |a USA |0 (DE-588)4078704-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a USA |0 (DE-588)4078704-7 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Beschäftigung |0 (DE-588)4005979-0 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Frau |0 (DE-588)4018202-2 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 689 | 1 | 0 | |a USA |0 (DE-588)4078704-7 |D g |
| 689 | 1 | 1 | |a Frau |0 (DE-588)4018202-2 |D s |
| 689 | 1 | 2 | |a Armut |0 (DE-588)4002963-3 |D s |
| 689 | 1 | 3 | |a Sozialhilfe |0 (DE-588)4055776-5 |D s |
| 689 | 1 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Tilly, Chris |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m HBZ Datenaustausch |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007958912&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007958912 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804126333914054656 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents
Introduction
1 Women, Income, and Poverty: There s a Family
Connection 1
2 Who s Poor? Patterns of Poverty 19
3 All in the Family: Family Types and Their Incomes 33
4 The Glass Ceiling and the Sticky Floor:
Obstacles to Women in the Workforce 45
5 Bottomless Pits: Why Single Mothers Fare Worst 65
6 What s Wrong with Current Poverty Policies? 79
7 Lean, Mean, and Ineffective: Why 1990s Style
Welfare Reform Won t Work 107
8 Creating Real Welfare Reform 133
9 It s Not Just Welfare: Policies as if Families
Really Mattered 147
10 The Power to Win Women s Economic Equality 165
Appendix A: More Detailed Definitions of Family
Types and Income Categories 183
Appendix B: Women and Welfare: Popular
Conceptions vs. Facts 189
by Dorothy K. Seavey
Appendix C: Resources 201
Index 213
List of Figures
1.1 More Women Are Not Married. Percentage of adult
women who are unmarried, 1960 1995. 3
1.2 More Women and Fewer Men Are in the Paid Labor Force.
Labor force participation rates of men and women sixteen
years of age and older, 1955 1995. 4
1.3 Women s Earnings Still Lag Behind Men s. Median
earnings of year round, full time male and female workers
in 1995 dollars in the United States, 1955 1995. 5
1.4 More Service and Fewer Manufacturing Jobs in the
Economy. Percentage of persons employed in
manufacturing and service industry jobs, 1955 1995. 6
1.5 The Feminization of Poverty. Poor persons in
female headed families as a percentage of all poor
persons, 1960 1995. 7
1.6 Working But Poor. Percentage of poor adults who worked
year round, full time, 1966 1995. 10
2.1 U.S. Poverty Rates by Race and Ethnicity, 1993. 25
2.2 U.S. Poverty Rates by Residence, 1993. 25
2.3 U.S. Poverty Rates by Years of Education, 1993. 27
2.4 U.S. Poverty Rates by Age, 1993. 27
2.5 U.S. Poverty Rates by Presence and Age of Children, 1993 29
2.6 The Pauperization of Motherhood. Poverty rates for single
mothers, other women, and men, 1993. 29
3.1 All in the Family Percentage of Families of Each Type in
the United States: 1973, 1979, 1987, and 1993. 35
3.2 Poverty Rates for U.S. Families, 1993. 36
3.3 Income Sources for U.S. Families, 1993. 42
3.4 Income Sources for U.S. Families, Adjusted by the Poverty
Line, 1993. 43
6.1 United States Has Highest Percentage of Poor Families.
Percentage of poor among nonelder families in seven
industrialized countries, various years. 80
6.2 United States Policies Least Effective in Alleviating Poverty.
Percentage of poor, nonelder families that were lifted out
of poverty as a result of tax and transfer policies in seven
industrialized countries, various years. 81
6.3 Single Parents Fare Better in Other Countries. Percentage
of poor single parent families before and after tax and
transfer policies in seven industrialized countries, various
years.
6.4 Who Gets In Kind Benefits. Average government provided
and employer provided nonincome benefits by family
type, 1993. 88
6.5 Shifting Fortunes. Percentage of income received by
richest 5 percent and poorest 40 percent of families in the
United States, 1947 1994. 93
6.6 Back to the Future? Poverty rates of persons under
eighteen, persons eighteen to sixty four, and persons
sixty five and older in the United States, 1959 1995. 94
List off Tables
2.1 Who s Poor. Percentage of people who are poor, by
selected characteristics, 1993 24
2.2 Education Staves Off Poverty, but Women Need More of It
to Keep Up with Men. Poverty rates for adults, 1993. 26
2.3 Disproportionate Poverty. Various groups as percentage of
population and percentage of poor, 1993. 28
2.4 The Odds Are Against Single Mothers. Single mothers and
other adults as percentage of all adults and percent of
poor adults, 1993. 30
3.1 Disproportionate Poverty by Family Type. Family types as
percentage of all families and percentage of poor families,
1993. 37
3.2 Who s Getting Paid .... Percentage of families receiving
any income from each major source, by family type, 1993. 38
3 3 . . . And How Much They re Getting Paid. Average annual
family income by income source, 1993. 39
4.1 Unequal Payoffs. Hourly wage by education and gender,
March 1994. 46
4.2 Occupational Segregation Continues. Employed men and
women by occupation, 1974 and 1994. 47
4 3 Fast Growing, Low Paying, Part 1. Projected 1992 2005
growth rate and current women s earnings for all
industries and for industries that disproportionately hire
women. 48
4.4 Fast Growing, Low Paying, Part 2. Selected fast growing
occupations with projected 1992 2005 growth rate and
current median weekly earnings of full time workers. 49
4.5 Who Gets the Wages, Who Works die Hours. Men s and
women s average hourly wages and hours worked per
year, by presence of children and number of adults (and
adjusted for age differences), 1993 1994. 52
4.6 Unequal Opportunities. Men s and women s average
hourly wages, by presence of children, number of adults,
and race (and adjusted for age differences), March 1994. 53
4.7 Childcare Costs Coast to Coast. Monthly daycare costs for
a preschool child, 1995. 57
4.8 Basic Costs of Maintaining a Family. Monthly costs for a
woman with two children in Boston, Massachusetts, the
state of Nebraska, and the state of Maine. 58
5.1 Debunking the Myths. 69
5.2 Differences That Make a Difference. Profile of single
mothers who receive AFDC, single mothers who don t,
and married mothers, 1993. 71
5.3 Scraping By. Average monthly income and expenses of
AFDC recipients and low wage working single mothers in
four cities (1991 dollars). 73
6.1 The Helping Hand Is Unsteady. Percentage of U.S. families
pulled out of poverty by government income transfers,
1993. 82
8.1 The Fragmented Welfare States of America. Maximum
AFDC benefit level for a family of three and percentage
change for fifty states and Washington, D.C., 1987 and
1996 (adjusted for inflation). 136
10.1 Not a Representative Sample. The percentage of women
elected officials, 1975 and 1995. 171
A.I Average Amount of Government Income by Type of Family,
1993. 187
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Albelda, Randy Tilly, Chris |
| author_facet | Albelda, Randy Tilly, Chris |
| author_role | aut aut |
| author_sort | Albelda, Randy |
| author_variant | r a ra c t ct |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV011789859 |
| callnumber-first | H - Social Science |
| callnumber-label | HV95 |
| callnumber-raw | HV95 |
| callnumber-search | HV95 |
| callnumber-sort | HV 295 |
| callnumber-subject | HV - Social Pathology, Criminology |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)36949714 (DE-599)BVBBV011789859 |
| dewey-full | 362.83/086/942 |
| dewey-hundreds | 300 - Social sciences |
| dewey-ones | 362 - Social problems and services to groups |
| dewey-raw | 362.83/086/942 |
| dewey-search | 362.83/086/942 |
| dewey-sort | 3362.83 286 3942 |
| dewey-tens | 360 - Social problems and services; associations |
| discipline | Soziologie |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02227nam a2200589 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV011789859</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">00000000000000.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">980223s1997 ad|| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">089608566X</subfield><subfield code="9">0-89608-566-X</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0896085651</subfield><subfield code="9">0-89608-565-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)36949714</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV011789859</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-188</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">HV95</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">362.83/086/942</subfield><subfield code="2">21</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Albelda, Randy</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Glass ceilings and bottomless pits</subfield><subfield code="b">women's work, women's poverty</subfield><subfield code="c">by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Boston, MA</subfield><subfield code="b">South End Press</subfield><subfield code="c">1997</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XV, 221 S.</subfield><subfield code="b">Ill., graph. Darst.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Aide sociale - États-Unis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Femmes pauvres - États-Unis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Poor women</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Public welfare</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Welfare recipients</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Beschäftigung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4005979-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Armut</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4002963-3</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Frau</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4018202-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Sozialhilfe</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4055776-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993-</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">United States</subfield><subfield code="x">Social policy</subfield><subfield code="y">1993-</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4078704-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4078704-7</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Beschäftigung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4005979-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Frau</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4018202-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4078704-7</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Frau</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4018202-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Armut</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4002963-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Sozialhilfe</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4055776-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Tilly, Chris</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">HBZ Datenaustausch</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007958912&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007958912</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| geographic | États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993- USA United States Social policy 1993- USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd |
| geographic_facet | États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993- USA United States Social policy 1993- |
| id | DE-604.BV011789859 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T18:15:48Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 089608566X 0896085651 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007958912 |
| oclc_num | 36949714 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-188 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-188 |
| physical | XV, 221 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| publishDate | 1997 |
| publishDateSearch | 1997 |
| publishDateSort | 1997 |
| publisher | South End Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Albelda, Randy Verfasser aut Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly Boston, MA South End Press 1997 XV, 221 S. Ill., graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis Aide sociale - États-Unis Femmes pauvres - États-Unis Poor women United States Public welfare United States Welfare recipients United States Beschäftigung (DE-588)4005979-0 gnd rswk-swf Armut (DE-588)4002963-3 gnd rswk-swf Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd rswk-swf Sozialhilfe (DE-588)4055776-5 gnd rswk-swf États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993- USA United States Social policy 1993- USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Beschäftigung (DE-588)4005979-0 s Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 s DE-604 Armut (DE-588)4002963-3 s Sozialhilfe (DE-588)4055776-5 s Tilly, Chris Verfasser aut HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007958912&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Albelda, Randy Tilly, Chris Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis Aide sociale - États-Unis Femmes pauvres - États-Unis Poor women United States Public welfare United States Welfare recipients United States Beschäftigung (DE-588)4005979-0 gnd Armut (DE-588)4002963-3 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd Sozialhilfe (DE-588)4055776-5 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4005979-0 (DE-588)4002963-3 (DE-588)4018202-2 (DE-588)4055776-5 (DE-588)4078704-7 |
| title | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty |
| title_auth | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty |
| title_exact_search | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty |
| title_full | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly |
| title_fullStr | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits women's work, women's poverty by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly |
| title_short | Glass ceilings and bottomless pits |
| title_sort | glass ceilings and bottomless pits women s work women s poverty |
| title_sub | women's work, women's poverty |
| topic | Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis Aide sociale - États-Unis Femmes pauvres - États-Unis Poor women United States Public welfare United States Welfare recipients United States Beschäftigung (DE-588)4005979-0 gnd Armut (DE-588)4002963-3 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd Sozialhilfe (DE-588)4055776-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis Aide sociale - États-Unis Femmes pauvres - États-Unis Poor women United States Public welfare United States Welfare recipients United States Beschäftigung Armut Frau Sozialhilfe États-Unis - Politique sociale - 1993- USA United States Social policy 1993- |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007958912&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT albeldarandy glassceilingsandbottomlesspitswomensworkwomenspoverty AT tillychris glassceilingsandbottomlesspitswomensworkwomenspoverty |