We examine the effects of family background variables and neighborhood peers on the behaviors of inner-city youths in a … family adult behaviors are strongly related to analogous youth behaviors. The links between the behavior of older family … propensity of youths to be out of school and out of work. Our results indicate that family and peer influences both operate in …

distribution are not very sensitive to the exact choice of a measure of family needs. Under a wide variety of alternative household … well-being in place of measures based on current money income docs change conclusions concerning the extent of poverty in … the United Stales. Using the official federal poverty thresholds. we find that the overall consumption poverty rate was …