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Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed. – 1997
The consequences and correlates of growing up poor as well as the mechanisms through which poverty influences children are explored. This book is organized with a primary focus on research findings and a secondary concern with policy implications. The chapters are: (1) "Poor Families, Poor Outcomes: The Well-Being of Children and Youth" (Jeanne…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
