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ERIC Number: EJ554844
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-8289
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Why So Many Children Are Poor.
Betson, David M.; Michael, Robert T.
Future of Children, v7 n2 p25-39 Sum-Fall 1997
Explores why there are so many poor children in the United States, beginning with a review of the reasons for adult poverty. Economic and demographic factors are considered in an analysis of the likelihood that an individual will earn enough to keep his or her family out of poverty. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Income, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Urban Problems, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue titled "Children and Poverty."