children lived in poverty in 1997. At the same time, a record high proportion of poor children's families are working poor families, headed by someone who worked at least part-time part of the year. These facts reveal both child poverty's stubborn resistance to economic growth in the U.S...
What has become apparent in research is that we have a standard of living versus quality of living dilemma when defining child poverty in America. In other words, we’re blaming the quality on the standard, while the facts don’t support the argument. (http://www.investopedia.com/articles/...
Children living in poverty are five times more likely to be victimized:Poverty is a considerable risk factor for child abuse. Child abuse rates are five times higher for children living in poverty or low socioeconomic status than those who don’t. Drug abuse is a huge risk factor:Studies fou...
https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/3792-kindergarten-to-college-k2c/K2CFinal9_26_2011_0.d2328e8b249940b18dbc0245acfd2b05.pdf. Accessed 8 July 2018. Pitasse, Katarina. this volume. Children in Universal Poverty Measurements. In Philosophy and Child Poverty, ed. Brando Nicolas and ...
In the context of cognitive neuroscience, the study of poverty and social gradients is a very young area of research where a core consensus of basic results is quickly emerging. However, as any emerging scientific discipline, the approaches used are influenced by epistemological stances inherited ...
Information on poverty and income statistics: A summary of 2013 current population survey income data. ASPE Issue Brief. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Google Scholar DeSilver, D. (2014, January 7). 5 Facts about economic inequality. Fact Tank....
David, you mentioned the phrase child poverty was mentioned in a presidential debate. And it makes me think that just this year, the State of the Union, the President mentioned the words, childcare, right. So these are two threadbare or non-existent social safety nets that I worry share a...
Led by its first director, Edward Zigler, Head Start was and still is one of the most ambitious antipoverty programs for children. Furthermore, it embodies an approach to preventing mental health problems—one emphasizing improving the overall quality of living for poor families and their children...
In places where poverty is a problem, the custom of early marriage, especially for girls, is tough to eliminate. Child marriage possesses health risks as well as immediate hardship on the girl. In some cases, the parents choose child marriage to help them out of bad economic conditions due ...
Data that come from the government – crime rates, unemployment rates, poverty rates – are official statistics. There is a natural tendency to treat these figures as straightforward facts that cannot be questioned. “This ignores the way statistics are produced. All statistics, even the most ...