Consequences of Growing Up Poor

by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Book Overview

One in five American children now live in families with incomes below the povertyline, and their prospects are not bright. Low income is statistically linked with a variety of poor outcomes for children, from low birth weight and poor nutrition in infancy to increased chances of academic failure, emotional distress, and unwed childbirth in adolescence. To address these problems it is not enough to know that money makes a difference; we need to understand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871541432
• ISBN13: 9780871541437
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 6.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.1" x 9.6"