Effects of restrictions to Income Support on health of lone mothers in the UK: a natural experiment study

Summary: Background: In the UK, lone parents must seek work as a condition of receiving welfare benefits once their youngest child reaches a certain age. Since 2008, the lower age limit at which these Lone Parent Obligations (LPO) apply has been reduced in steps. We used data from a nationally repr...

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Main Authors: Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, PhD, Oarabile R Molaodi, PhD, Marcia Gibson, PhD, Ruth Dundas, MSc, Peter Craig, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266718301099