The purpose of this study was to estimate the effects oqfwelfare on marital dissolution and remarriage. The data were firom a sample of 4,322 females age 30-44 f~om the National Longitudinal Surveys. It was fbund that those who received AFDC, fobod stamps, or other public assistance dissolved their marriages more frequently than those not receiving welfare. This finding held among low-income whites but not
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