TY - JOUR
T1 - Material Hardship among Lower-Income Households
T2 - The Role of Liquid Assets and Place
AU - Despard, Mathieu R.
AU - Taing, Valerie
AU - Weaver, Addie
AU - Roll, Stephen
AU - Grinstein-Weiss, Michal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Lower income households are at risk for material hardship, particularly amidst the economic fallout of COVID-19. Where one lives (e.g., suburb, small town) may affect this risk due to variable access to resources, yet the evidence is mixed concerning the influence of place. We used a pooled, national cross-sectional sample of 66,046 lower-income tax filers to examine differences in material hardship in rural, small town, micropolitan, and urban areas. Controlling only for standard demographic variables, hardship risk appears higher in non-urban areas, yet these differences disappear after controlling for financial characteristics such as liquid assets and home ownership.
AB - Lower income households are at risk for material hardship, particularly amidst the economic fallout of COVID-19. Where one lives (e.g., suburb, small town) may affect this risk due to variable access to resources, yet the evidence is mixed concerning the influence of place. We used a pooled, national cross-sectional sample of 66,046 lower-income tax filers to examine differences in material hardship in rural, small town, micropolitan, and urban areas. Controlling only for standard demographic variables, hardship risk appears higher in non-urban areas, yet these differences disappear after controlling for financial characteristics such as liquid assets and home ownership.
KW - Material hardship
KW - assets
KW - poverty
KW - rural
KW - urbanicity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106403066&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10875549.2021.1925801
DO - 10.1080/10875549.2021.1925801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106403066
SN - 1087-5549
VL - 26
SP - 361
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Poverty
JF - Journal of Poverty
IS - 5
ER -