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Secure Parental Employment Among children living with single mothers, the percent whose mother was employed full-time declined slightly from 50 percent in 2002 to 48 percent in 2005. This decline came after the percentage had increased substantially from 39 percent in 1996 (the year in which welfare reform was first implemented) to 50 percent in 2002...> View Indicator Children in Working Poor Familes The proportion of poor children whose parents make a substantial work effort decreased from 43 percent in 2000 to 40 percent in 2001. This is a reversal of trends during the most recent era of welfare reform when the percentage of poor children in working families rose from 32 percent in 1996 to 43 percent in 2000... > View Indicator Youth Neither Enrolled in School nor Working Older youth are more likely than younger youth to be neither working nor enrolled in school. In 2005, 13 percent of youth ages 18 to 19 were neither working nor enrolled in school compared with 4 percent of youth ages 16 to 17...> View Indicator
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