concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: welfare dependence

welfare dependence
type: Concept
definition: Welfare, or public assistance—the cash income provided to low-income families—has never been popular. Especially in a market-centered society such as the United States, welfare historically has been provided most often reluctantly and always with great suspicion. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Welfare Dependence]
broader: effects of poverty

effects of poverty
type: Concept
narrower: welfare dependence