[영문]Though available data suggest a relationship between poverty and emergingadulthood, fewer studies have been conducted to assess whether parentalwork or public assistance mediates these outcomes. Using the NationalSurvey of Families and Households, this study examines the effect of workreliantversus welfare-reliant households on youth outcomes (i.e., welfareuse, education, idleness, and income) during the transition to adulthood.Examining parents from Wave 1 and older youth from Wave 2, researcherslinked childhood poverty, parents’ work history, family income from work,years on public assistance, and family income from public assistance withyouth outcomes. Consistent with previous research, links exist betweenpoverty in childhood and transition outcomes; however, these outcomes arenot mediated by parental work history or extent of welfare reliance duringchildhood. Multivariate analyses indicate that growing up in a heavilywork-oriented environment or a heavily welfare-reliant environment madelittle difference in the youth’s ability to successfully transition to adulthood.Results are discussed in terms of their implications for welfare policy