This qualitative study of 23 Appalachian women identified four
patterns of participation in the informal economy. The unique needs
of these women illustrate the necessity for differential approaches to
welfare reform and the ethical dilemma of social workers who are
caught between their knowledge that these women use illegal, unre
ported income to supplement insufficient welfare benefits and the
punitive social policies and poor employment prospects that give the
women no choice.
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