| Description |
xi, 660 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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 |
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David R. Offord -- Family economic hardship and adolescent adjustment: mediating and moderating processes / Rand D. Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, and Glen H. Elder, Jr. -- Influence of poverty on children's classroom placement and behavior problems / Linda Pagani, Bernard Boulerice, and Richard E. Tremblay -- Role of family income and sources of income in adolescent achievement / H. Elizabeth Peters and Natalie C. Mullis -- Poverty during adolescence and |
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subsequent educational attainment / Jay D. Teachman, Kathleen M. Paasch, Randal D. Day, and Karen P. Carver -- Childhood povertry 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 -- Effects of parents' income, wealth, and attitudes on children's completed schooling and self-esteem / |
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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. |
| Subject |
Poor children -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Duncan, Greg J.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne.
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| ISBN |
0871541432 alkaline paper |
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