Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2012 Sep;117(5):400-12. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-117.5.400.
Understanding the financial well-being of single mothers who care for children with developmental disabilities is important to ensure that public policies can be effectively targeted to support these vulnerable families. The authors analyze data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to describe income poverty, asset poverty, income, net worth, and liquid assets of U.S. single, working-age mothers (n = 242) of children and adult children with developmental disabilities. The well-being of these mothers was compared to the situation of married mothers of children with developmental disabilities (n = 345) and of single mothers who did not have children with developmental disabilities (n = 6,547). Compared with both married mothers of children with developmental disabilities and single mothers without children with developmental disabilities, single mothers of children with developmental disabilities had markedly worse financial well-being across a range of income- and asset-based measures. Single mothers caring for children with developmental disabilities face adverse financial well-being as compared with other mothers. Policy makers should consider targeted measures to improve the financial well-being of these parents.
了解照顾残疾儿童的单身母亲的财务状况对于确保公共政策能够有效地针对这些弱势家庭提供支持非常重要。作者分析了来自收入和计划参与调查的数据，以描述美国单身、在职母亲（n=242）的儿童和成年残疾儿童的收入贫困、资产贫困、收入、净资产和流动资产状况。将这些母亲的福利状况与残疾儿童的已婚母亲（n=345）和没有残疾儿童的单身母亲（n=6547）进行了比较。与残疾儿童的已婚母亲和没有残疾儿童的单身母亲相比，照顾残疾儿童的单身母亲在一系列基于收入和资产的衡量标准上的财务状况明显更差。与其他母亲相比，照顾残疾儿童的单身母亲面临着不利的财务状况。政策制定者应考虑采取有针对性的措施来改善这些父母的财务状况。
