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This report is the tenth in a series of IWPR reports examining the income sources and employment of low-income families. Beginning with Low-Wage Jobs and Workers: Trends and Options for Change in 1989, IWPR staff has used the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to evaluate the well-being of low-income parents and children.