Children in Poverty
Children in Poverty
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USDThe number of children living in poverty in the United States increased dramatically during the 1980s and remains high. Why are so many children growing up in poor families? What are the effects of poverty on children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development? What role can public policy and policy research play in preventing or alleviating the damaging effects of poverty on children? Children in Poverty examines these questions, focusing on the child rather than on parents' income or self-sufficiency.
- A wide-ranging study of the issues surrounding child poverty - the effects on a child's development and how public policy can alleviate the situation
- Comprehensive coverage with contributors from sociology, economics, public health, psychology, child development and education
- Although based on the American experience, this is a study of an important issue affecting all western societies
Reviews & endorsements
"Intended for policymakers and scholars....A useful resource for its intended audience." F.J. Peirce, Choice
"...a thorough and rather tightly written discussion of the issues underlying what is arguably the number one social problem facing the United States, children in poverty. The book is informative, thorough, interesting and important..." Charles A. Kiesler, Contemporary Psychology
"...a timely and important book....highly useful collection of original papers....an intelligent book that provides perhaps the most comprehensive single source available today on the subject...has clearly set an agenda for policy-related research for many years to come." Daniel T. Lichter, American Journal of Sociology
"...usefully presents information that is both detailed and current. The novelty of the volume is that it combines social statistics with policy research on specific programs affecting poor children, arguing that we now know enough to justify large program reforms. Children in Poverty is authoritative: anyone interested in child policy must read it." Bruce Bellingham, Contemporary Sociology
"...usefully presents information that is both detailed and current. The novelty of the volume is that it combines social statistics with policy research on specific programs affecting poor children, arguing that we now know enough to justify large program reforms. Children in Poverty is authoritative: anyone interested in child policy must read it." Bruce Bellingham, Contemporary Sociology
"...an integrated approach to policymakers and researchers about the complex and unique problems that face children in poverty. By compiling an impressive array of research data that delineates the effects of poverty on America's children, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to have a realistic picture of the plight facing many children." Theresa M. Jones, Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography
"...authoritative: anyone interested in child policy must read it." Bruce Bellingham, Contemporary Sociology
"Focuses on children rather than on parental income or self-sufficiency to examine questions related to the increasing numbers of children in poverty." Public Welfare
Product details
February 1992Hardback
9780521391627
344 pages
245 × 164 × 24 mm
0.628kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Children in poverty: developmental and policy issues
- 2. The economic environment of childhood
- 3. The role of mother-only families in reproducing poverty
- 4. The association between adolescent parenting and childhood poverty
- 5. The strain of living poor: parenting, social support, and child mental health
- 6. The health of poor children: problems and programs
- 7. With a little help: children in poverty and child care
- 8. Poverty, early childhood education, and academic competence: the Abecedarian experiment
- 9. Educational acceleration for at-risk students
- 10. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions for children in poverty
- 11. Effective progras for children growing up in concentrated poverty
- 12. Antecedents, consequences, and possible solutions for poverty among children
- Author index
- Subject index.
