This study investigates trends in the interdependence of poverty and family structure from
one generation to the next, focusing specifically on mothers and daughters. This aspect of
the mobility process has not been explored, despite widespread concern about the life
chances of children in poor single-parent families and dramatic changes in the distributions
of poverty and family structure in recent decades. We examine origin-by-destination status
along the two dimensions of poverty and family structure, using rich panel data and loglinear …