Rising rates of nonmarital childbirth in the United States have resulted in a new family type, the fragile family. Such families, which include cohabiting couples as well as single mothers, experience significantly higher rates of poverty and material hardship than their married counterparts. Ariel Kalil and Rebecca Ryan summarize the economic challenges facing mothers in fragile families and d...

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic across world, it has been reported that older persons have suffered acute hardship and fatalities more than any other age group. According to World Health Organisation fatality rate among is five times global average, United Nations predicted mortality could climb even higher. The situation aggravated on African continent as a result shortage medical pers...

Purpose: Financial hardship due to cancer is more common among African American than White survivors. The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have also disproportionately affected Americans. purpose of this study describe the financial employment impacts in a population survivors compare those with experienced after diagnosis. Methods: Results include survey data from 593 participants po...