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Danziger, Sheldon; Stern, Jonathan – 1990
This report addresses the sources and remedies for child poverty in the United States through a review of the effects of trends, policies, and changes in social relationships; and an analysis of data concerning poverty and children. An introduction sketches the present condition of children in poverty and the policies and attitudes of the past 30…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Children, Early Parenthood
Gephart, Martha A.; Pearson, Robert W. – ITEMS, 1988
Increasingly, poverty has become concentrated among the urban underclass in the United States. The dramatic economic changes underlying this situation have taken place within the context of larger changes in global, national, and regional political economies, including such factors as industrial restructuring and migration flows. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Ghettos