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Illustrations ix Figures 1. States That Did and Did Not Restrict ADC Eligibility, 1949–1960 41 2. Republican Strength in Southern Congressional Seats, 1950–2000 137 Tables 1. National Family Poverty Rate and Average Annual Unemployment Rate, 1947–1960 39 2. Characteristics of States That Did and Did Not Restrict ADC Eligibility 64 3. Logit Coefficients, Standard Errors, and Odds for the Regression of Adoption of Restrictive ADC Eligibility Rules (in 1960) on Independent Variables 67 4. Number and Percent of Closures Due to Georgia’s 1952 Regulations 78 5. Number of ADC Recipients in Kentucky by Year, 1949–1953 81 6. Selected Characteristics of Members of California’s Senate Interim Committee on Social Welfare, 1949–1951 91 7. Selected Characteristics of Members of California’s Senate Interim Committee on State and Local Taxation, 1949–1951 92 x / Illustrations 8. National Rates of Divorce, Out-of-Wedlock Births, and Teenage Births, 1960–2000 145 9. National Rates of Out-of-Wedlock and Teenage Motherhood by Race, 1996 189 ...

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