Recent Publications

Valuing Working Mothers: The Future of Our Communities
Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project at University of California, Los Angeles and Malcolm Bush, Chapin Hall at The University of Chicago

Spring 2009
Through a 10-city comparative demographic study and public policy review, this national research project uncovers the impact that long-standing trends, attitudes and federal policies have had on working mothers. It provides a detailed demographic analysis and public policy implications that impact their economic futures.

	Research Summary: The State of Single Working Mothers in America and in the Chicago Region
	National Report: The Future Depends Upon Single Moms: A Policy Analysis including Top 10 Metropolitan Area Data The Civil Rights Project at UCLA Download Dr. Gary Orfield's May 13th powerpoint presentation
	Chicago Region Report: The Situation of Working, Lower-Income Single Working Mothers: Changes, Challenges and Prospects Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Download Dr. Malcolm Bush's May 13th powerpoint presentation

Understanding the Needs of Lower-Income Working Women in Chicago Janet Smith and Asma Ali, University of Illinois at Chicago Fall 2005 This research project offers a comprehensive, demographic snapshot of working class women who are heads of households in Chicago, based on U.S. Census data. Using original focus groups, the report also features eight distinct profiles of working women, detailing their situations and needs.

Finding and Engaging Working Women: A Marketing Study (working title)
Mark Mellman, The Mellman Group, and Richard Day, Richard Day Research

Anticipated Summer 2009
This work will analyze quantitative and qualitative data to better define the needs and motivations of working women, and generate more effective outreach tools for reaching and engaging this underserved market.