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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- WOMEN IN POVERTY -- The Feminization of Poverty -- Ways in Which Women are Disadvantaged in the Labor Market -- Adolescent Women -- Transitions in Family Structure -- Financial Supports in Female- Headed Families -- Stress, Poverty and the Single Mother -- Extended Family Help Patterns -- Causes and Cures for Poverty: Men vs. Women -- Dual Welfare Systems, Dual Labor Markets and Gender Inequality -- Toward a New Understanding of Women in Poverty -- School and Socialization -- In and Out of the Paid Labor Force -- Child Day Care -- Breaking Down Barriers to Full and Equal Employment -- Conclusions -- POVERTY IN AMERICA: MYTHS AND REALITIES 1981 -- The Myth -- The Realities -- Patterns of Poverty -- Stagnation and Uneven Development -- The Declining Impact of Growth in the Private Sector -- The Changing Faces of Poverty -- The Old and the Young -- The Growth of Inequality -- The Impact of " In- Kind" Benefits -- Defining the Poverty Threshold -- Considering Benefits to the Non-Poor -- Adjusting the Poverty Count to Include the Needs of the Poor -- Conclusion: The Outlook for the 80's -- INFLATION AND THE POOR -- Inflation and Government Spending -- The Poor and the Basic Necessities -- Government Programs and Inflation -- Changes in Indexing -- Inflation in the Basic Necessities -- Food -- Energy -- Housing -- Health Care -- Recommendations -- Food -- Energy -- Housing -- Medical Care -- THE HUMAN COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT 1981 -- Is Unemployment Painless? -- Unemployment and Deprivation -- Personal Costs: A Note on the Evidence -- The Psychological Impact -- Unemployment and Psychiatric Hospitals -- The Impact of Stress -- Women, Unemployment and Mental Health -- Suicide -- Effects on Health -- Infant Mortality -- Unemployment and Crime