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Consequences of growing up poor /

One in five American children now live in families with incomes below the poverty line, and their prospects are not bright. Low income is linked with a variety of poor outcomes for children, from low birth weight and poor nutrition in infancy to increased chances of academic failure, emotional distr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Duncan, Greg J., Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Poor families, poor outcomes : the well-being of children and youth / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Greg J. Duncan, and Nancy Maritato
  • Poverty trends / Donald J. Hernandez
  • Parent absence or poverty : which matters more? / Sara S. McLanahan
  • Trends in the economic well-being and life chances of America's children / Susan E. Mayer
  • Effects of long-term poverty on physical health of children in the national longitudinal survey of youth / Sanders Korenman and Jane E. Miller
  • Poverty and patterns of child care / NICHD Child Care Research Network
  • Consequences of living in poverty for young children's cognitive and verbal ability and early school achievement / Judith R. Smith, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Pamela K. Klebanov
  • Economic resources, parental practices, and children's well-being / Thomas L. Hanson, Sara McLanahan, and Elizabeth Thomson
  • Psychosocial morbidity among poor children in Ontario / Ellen L. Lipman and David R. Offord
  • Family economic hardship and adolescent adjustment : mediating and moderating processes / Rand D. Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, and Glen H. Elder, Jr.
  • The influence of poverty on children's classroom placement and behavior problems / Linda Pagani, Bernard Boulerice, and Richard E. Tremblay
  • The role of family income and sources of income in adolescent achievement / H. Elizabeth Peters and Natalie C. Mullis
  • Poverty during adolescence and subsequent educational attainment / Jay D. Teachman [and others]
  • Childhood poverty and adolescent schooling and fertility outcomes : reduced-form and structural estimates / Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe, and Kathryn Wilson
  • Race, sex, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty / Mary Corcoran and Terry Adams
  • The effects of parents' income, wealth, and attitudes on children's completed schooling and self-esteem / William Axinn, Greg J. Duncan, and Arland Thornton
  • Does poverty in adolescence affect the life chances of high school graduates? / Robert M. Hauser and Megan M. Sweeney
  • Income effects across the life span : integration and interpretation / Greg J. Duncan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.