Families on Welfare: Teenage Mothers Least Likely to Become Self-Sufficient

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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	May 31, 1994
Report No.	HEHS-94-115
Subject	Disadvantaged persons Medicaid Public assistance programs Single parents Teenagers Welfare recipients Women Childbirth AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program Census Bureau Current Population Survey Food Stamp Program HHS National Integrated Quality Control System

Summary:

Women who gave birth as teenagers make up nearly half the welfare caseload--a sizeable group. GAO found that this group of women is less likely to have high school diplomas and more likely to have larger families. Both these characteristics increase the likelihood of being among the poorest welfare recipients. Even though they work in the same proportions as other women receiving welfare, they earn less and are more likely to have total family income below 50 percent of the poverty line. Given these differences, teenage mothers may have the hardest time earning their way off welfare and becoming self-sufficient. As Congress debates welfare reform, it may need to explore ways to discourage young mothers from becoming welfare dependent and encourage those that do to become more self-sufficient.

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Families on Welfare: Teenage Mothers Least Likely to Become Self-Sufficient