Lab#4pp

By: Krystina Alston-Clark

Variables and Values

I will study the relationship between the number of U.S. citizens living in poverty and the number of TANF recipients.

The number of people living in poverty affects the number of TANF recipients. The more people living in poverty, the more people need TANF assistance. Heavy populated areas have higher rates of poverty and TANF recipients because the large population. The overall relationship between poverty and TANF recipients will be similar to the original bivariate relationship for both blacks and whites but stronger for whites. Blacks have a higher poverty rate than do whites.

TANFPoverty

Hypotheses and Rationale Bivariate

Hypotheses and RationaleMultivariate

Race

Poverty TANF

Table 1

Attitudes about poverty being a cause of the rise in TANF

recipients (R%)

R's Age Group

Attitude Under 30 30-45 46-60 61 and Older Totals

Agree 76.9 40 11.4 20 36.6

No Opinion 11.5 40 28.6 13.3 24.8

Disagree 11.5 20 60 666.7 38.6

Totals 99.9 100 200 100 100

(N) (26) (25) (35) (15) (101)

Table 2

Is poverty the reason for the rise in TANF recipients?

Controlling for R's Gender (%)

Age Group of R

Male Respondents

Attitude Under 30 30-45 46-60 61 and Older Totals

Agree 76.9 41.7 11.1 37.5 39.2

No Opinion 7.7 41.7 27.8 0 21.6

Disagree 15.4 16.6 61.1 62.5 39.2

Totals 100 100 100 100 100

(N) (13) (12) (18) (8) (51)

Female Respondents

Agree 76.9 38.5 11.8 0 34

No Opinion 15.4 38.5 29.4 28.6 34

Disagree 7.7 23 58.8 71.4 38

Totals 100 100 100 100 100

(N) (13) (13) (17) (7) (50)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF)- Families and Recipients:

1980 to 2005

From 1980 to 2005 there have been many changes. One major change has been the change in the program name. Between 1980 and 1996 the program cash assistance for families was called Aid to families with dependent children. This came under the new welfare law called the Personal Responsibility and work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. According to the table, in the 1980’s the number of families receiving assistance stayed consistent within the 3,700,000 families. Towards the end of the decade preferably around 1996 when there was a reform the numbers were lowered drastically.

Minnesota and United States adult poverty rates by rate, Census 2000

According to this data on Minnesota and United States adult poverty rates by race/ethnicity, census 2000, American Indians have the highest rate of poverty at 29%. In second place are blacks at about 27%. The lowest ethnic group, living in poverty is whites at 6%. This table also shows the TANF active cases by percent distribution of families by ethnicity/ race. This table shows that 35.7% of African Americans have active cases, 33.4% of whites, and 26.1% of Hispanics. The total number people who had assistance between October 2005 and September 2006 are 1,802, 567.