Do They Apply to Women on Welfare?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 170824 Mental Health Benefits of Work: Do They Apply to Women on Welfare? Monday, October 27, 2008: 9:30 AM Denise M. Zabkiewicz, PhD , Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA The relationship between employment and improved mental health is well documented. However, no research has documented whether this relationship applies to women on welfare. Given that women on welfare have high rates of depression and are currently being mandated into the labor market through welfare reform, understanding the connections between work and mental health has become more salient not just for mental health epidemiology but for social policies targeting employment and poverty. This study draws on data from the Welfare Client Longitudinal Study (WCLS), a representative community-based study of welfare recipients from a large county in California. Welfare applicants were interviewed as they applied for services in 2001. A sub-sample of aid recipients w
