Work and the Culture of Poverty

Monograph examining the applicability of the culture-of-poverty hypothesis to the specific labour force participation of poor men in the USA - based on the census of 1960 and a national level survey of 1966, analyses data with respect to age, race, (esp. Blacks) marital status and educational level, etc., includes a psychological model to test attitudes of the poor towards work, and concludes that responsibility for poverty rests with labour market structure rather than with the individual. Bibliography, graphs, references and statistical tables.