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| Below is the newest installation of Research News Reporter (RNR) Online. Each month a new edition will be posted. Previous editions can be viewed in the Archives. |
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August 2003 |
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IWPR’s
Research News Reporter is distributed monthly to highlight inventive,
informative, innovative, and sometimes controversial research relating to
women and their families. Each selection includes a short description of
the research and either a link to the report itself or a citation where
the link can be accessed. 1.
Congressional Staffers’ Briefing Highlights Realities of Current
Welfare System Experts from
leading research organizations presented recent reports on welfare and the
economy to a packed Congressional Staffers’ briefing entitled ‘Welfare
Reauthorization: Economic Realities/Policy Opportunities’ at the U.S.
Capitol on Friday, September 5, 2003. The presentations painted a
portrait of the current welfare system, the obstacles that welfare
recipients’ face, and the challenges that policymakers must hurdle to
create a just, economically sound welfare reauthorization package.
While some of these reports have been included in previous RNRs, their
importance in the debate over welfare reauthorization cannot be
overemphasized. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D454.pdf Labor
Market Realities and Federal Welfare Policy http://www.cssny.org/pubs/special/2003_09_fedwelfare.pdf
Jobs
Held by Former Welfare Recipients Hit Hard by Economic Downturn 40-hour
Work Proposal Significantly Raises Mothers' Employment Standard http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D457.pdf
2.
Improving Child Care Quality: A Comparison of Military and Civilian
Approaches This
research contributes an interesting perspective to the debate over child
care quality in America by chronicling the transformation of the U.S.
Military Child Care System and comparing it to several civilian care
models. The report identifies five characteristics of the military system
that are especially relevant for civilian programs: training and education
of child care providers, linkages between training and compensation,
subsidies to assure affordable costs for parents, licensing and
accreditation standards to improve quality, and inspections and oversight
to establish accountability within the system. http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410825_improving_child_care_quality.pdf 3.
KIDS COUNT 2003 Data Book The
KIDS COUNT project has tracked the status of children in the United States
for 14 years and has just released the newest set of statistics and
accompanying analyses. While the newest data show nationwide gains on
eight out of ten indicators of child well-being, the report also
highlights hidden obstacles that endanger continued improvement. The data
from the KIDS COUNT Data Book are available online in a user-friendly
database and can be used to create customized maps, graphs, lists,
state-by-state profiles, and more. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/databook
4.
2002 Statistics on Rape from the Bureau of Justice Statistics This
new research on crime statistics includes important indicators related to
rape and sexual assault. The statistics point to a decrease in the total
number of rapes and sexual assaults in the United States since 1993. The
report also indicates that the percentage of all rapes and sexual assaults
that were reported to the police rose significantly. From 1993-1995 an
average of 30.8% of rape victims reported the assault to the police; in
the period of 2000-2002, the average was up to 46.8% of rape victims. 5.
Retirement Plan Coverage of Baby Boomers and Retired Workers: Analysis
of 1998 SIPP Data Verma
and Lichtenstein use 1998 data from the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP) to analyze the retirement plan coverage of three age
groupings of workers: boomer, pre-boomer and retired workers, and focus on
three vulnerable populations: women, minorities, and low-income workers.
They find that overall, only two-thirds of working baby boomers had
retirement coverage in 1998. They also find that women, non-whites, and
low-income individuals are much less likely than their male, white, and
higher-income counterparts to have retirement plan coverage. http://research.aarp.org/econ/2003_10_98sipp.html
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