Striving to save : creating policies for financial security of low-income families / Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Amanda Moore McBride ; with Sondra G. Beverly.

Introduction: Saving in low-income households
Ch.1. Research on matched savings in low-income households
Ch.2. Theory and evidence on saving in low-income households
Ch.3. Setting the stage: Economic socialization and coming-of-age in a working poor family
Ch.4. Managing household finances and making ends meet on low income
Ch.5. Problem debt and creditworthiness
Ch.6. Striving to save
Ch.7. Saving in individual development accounts
Ch.8. Saving strategies in individual development accounts
Ch.9. Effects of IDA program participation
Conclusion. Saving theory, policy, and research
Appendixes. Appendix A. IDA participants' Demographics and IDA saving experiences
Appendix B. Control respondent demographic characteristics
Notes
References
Index