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Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net

Liana Fox, Christopher Wimer, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, Jane Waldfogel
pp. 14-34
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Compounded Deprivation in the Transition to Adulthood: The Intersection of Racial and Economic Inequality Among Chicagoans, 1995–2013

Kristin L. Perkins, Robert J. Sampson
pp. 35-54
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Income, Poverty, and Material Hardship Among Older Americans

Helen Levy
pp. 55-77
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How Well Does the “Safety Net” Work for Family Safety Nets?: Economic Survival Strategies Among Grandmother Caregivers in Severe Deprivation

Lashawnda Pittman
pp. 78-97
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How Institutions Deprive: Ethnography, Social Work, and Interventionist Ethics Among the Hypermarginalized

Megan Comfort, Andrea M. Lopez, Christina Powers, Alex H. Kral, Jennifer Lorvick
pp. 100-119
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Understanding the Dynamics of $2-a-Day Poverty in the United States

H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, Elizabeth Talbert
pp. 120-138
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When There Is No Welfare: The Income Packaging Strategies of Mothers Without Earnings or Cash Assistance Following an Economic Downturn

Kristin S. Seefeldt, Heather Sandstrom
pp. 139-158
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Severe Deprivation in America: An Introduction

Matthew Desmond
pp. 1-11
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