Household behavior and family economics

addressing the ways of a single parent household where the mother is the head of the household. It is a lot more common to see a single mother than it is to see a single father. While it is a lot harder to find information on single fathers households according to Douglas B. Downey the author of The School Performance of Children From Single-Mother and Single-Father Families: Economic and Interpersonal Deprivation?, "In 1980 there was just about 616,000 households where the father was the…

This leads to a population that is more angry and frustrated. This increases the level of strain in the community and further enhances violence and crime. These depressed communities have developed a culture of their own. There are more heads of household that lack responsibility. The children in turn are released out in the community without supervision at a much younger age. The criminal activity among youth is much higher, and at a much younger age than more established communities. Over…

Abhijit Banerjee (2011) describes the case of Pak Sudarno who wanted nine children. His large family was not the product of lack of self-control, lack of access to contraception, or even a norm imposed by society (although the fact that he got to make this decision may have been; his wife did not tell us what she would have wanted herself). At the same time, he believed that having nine children made him poor. So he did not really “want” so many children. He only needed nine children because…

Environment Throughout the United States, eleven-million children live in a single parent environment according to the United States Census in 2016 (Porter). Since the beginning of my life I had been raised in what can be considered a one-parent household, an absent father; only my mother with the support of my grandparents to raise me. Despite struggles common of single parents, such as financial issues and lack of parental resources my mother succeeded in juggling her education, her work,…

issue so understanding how households respond to Food Stamps can indicate whether the SNAP’s current role in obesity in the US is a cause for reform. I will first show that households receiving Food Stamps react to targeted benefits infra-marginally, which doesn’t imply a more than proportional positive surge in food consumption. After assessing the nature of quantities purchased, I will assess the quality of foods purchased by SNAP recipients against non-recipient households. Despite sampling…

The Sanchez Family is a large Mexican family that has a series of situations that is affecting each family member, but also is affecting them as a whole. Celia and Hector have been married for forty years and they have lived in the United States for twenty years. Celia has dedicated herself to taking care of the family and their home. Unfortunately, she has not been able to learn to speak English which has been a barrier for her. She is extremely worried about their finances and how they are…

into a spiral. People lost value on their homes, their stocks went down, unemployment went up, and many people had to dip into their savings accounts to help them. This time became known as the Great Recession, or as many like to call it, the worst economic time for America since the Great Depression. In a Utopian society, if something like this were to happen, everyone, regardless of their race or status, would theoretically struggle equally. However, that is exactly what did not happen in…

the minorities and poor in the past, but nowadays, single-parent families occupy every nooks and crannies of our society! Across the aisle, from the whites to the people of color; from the downtrodden to the super rich, are single-parents not only in the United States, but also all over the universe. Over 60% of children born in the United States since 1984 will spend an average of 5 years of their childhood in a single-parent family according to findings (US census bureau 2000).…

an act that goes against the social norm. There are factors that determine whether or not if a child is at higher risk of becoming incarcerated in the future. Some of the factors include lower income family, families with low social economic status, minorities (African Americans and Hispanics), family dynamics, and substance abuse. According to Aaron L. and Dallaire D., children of incarcerated parents especially boys are five times more…

uniqueness of its own whether it is in culture, geographic pattern, community settlements, economic or natural resources. There is indeed a wide disparity in development which makes rich more rich & poor becomes poorer. As such, people living in rural part (poor regions) of India often transit between places either for a social or an economic cause. Migration between states is an outcome of social, economic and cultural diversity in India. Migration is a “process of movement of an individual…