@article{2361,
  keywords = {Education and school, Income and socioeconomic status},
  author = {Sehun Oh and Melissa Radey and Briana Smith and Daniel Powers},
  title = {State temporary assistance for needy families policies and high school diploma or equivalent attainment among mothers following a nonmarital birth: An event history analysis},
  abstract = {<p>This study examines high school diploma or equivalent (HS/E) attainment by mothers who had a nonmarital birth ({\textquotedblleft}unmarried mothers{\textquotedblright}) and the associations between state-level Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies and their postnatal HS/E attainment. Using an analytic sample of 1154 unmarried mothers without HS/E from the restricted-use Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we tracked postnatal HS/E attainment patterns for 15 years, and conducted discrete-time event history analysis with mixed effects to test the relationships between states{\textquoteright} TANF policies and postnatal HS/E attainment. Only 35.1\% of the sample attained HS/E after childbirth, while nearly half of mothers who attained HS/E were not able to do so within 3 years of childbirth. A $100 higher maximum monthly benefit amount is associated with 86.1\% higher odds of postnatal HS/E attainment, indicating the need to consider increasing TANF benefit amounts as a means to promote educational attainment among unmarried mothers with educational disadvantages.</p>},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {International Journal of Social Welfare},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijsw.12683},
  doi = {10.1111/ijsw.12683},
}