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1. Introduction -- The Growth Of Single-mother Families -- Trends Of Welfare Benefits -- Welfare Dependence And Its Consequences -- Kin Support -- Research Questions -- Organization Of The Book -- 2. Background -- Causes Of Out-of-wedlock Motherhood -- The Dual Role Of Out-of-wedlock Mothers -- The Afdc System And Its Effects -- The Phenomenon Of Kin Ties -- Determinants Of Kin Support -- Critiques -- 3. Models, Hypotheses And Data Sources -- Theory Of Intergenerational Transfers -- Three Alternative Models Of Parental And Public Transfers -- Social Capital Theory -- Models Of Kin Ties: Economic Or Cultural? -- Sociological Models Of Fertility/marital Behavior -- Status Attainment Theory -- Human Capital Theory -- An Economic Model Of Work: Income And Substitution Effects -- The Conceptual Scheme -- Hypotheses And Predictions -- Data Sources -- 4. Data Construction -- Individual Characteristics -- Family Background -- Availability Of Kin -- Community Conditions -- Sources Of Afdc Public Support -- Predicted Labor Market Value -- Predicted Marriage Market Value -- Summary -- 5. Kin Support -- Actual Receipt Of Kin And Welfare Support -- Empirical Estimation Method -- Empirical Results -- Hypotheses Testing -- Summary -- 6. Out-of-wedlock Births -- Three Marriage/birth Statuses And Transitions -- Empirical Estimation Method -- Empirical Results -- Hypotheses Testing -- Summary -- 7. High School Outcomes -- Observed High School Outcomes -- Empirical Estimation Method -- Empirical Results -- Hypotheses Testing -- Summary -- 8. Labor Force Participation -- Young Women's Labor Force Participation -- Empirical Estimation Method -- Empirical Results -- Hypotheses Testing -- Summary -- 9. Conclusions -- Theoretical Hypotheses -- Empirical Findings -- Implications -- Strategies For Further Research -- Appendix A. Formal Model For Kin Support -- Appendix B. Results Not Reported In Text. Lingxin Hao. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 219-225) And Index.