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Income and Child Well-being:
A new perspective on the poverty debate
by David P. Ross and Paul Roberts ![]()
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LIST OF CHARTS
- Part I: Family Income and Children's Development
- Children's Environments
- Chart 1: Children living in low-functioning families
- Chart 2: Children living with a parent who shows frequent signs of depression
- Chart 3: Parents who experienced trauma during their childhood
- Chart 4: Parents with high levels of chronic stress
- Chart 5: Households with regular smokers
- Chart 6: Children changing schools three or more times before Age 11
- Chart 7: Children living in substandard housing
- Chart 8: Households without a computer
- Chart 9: Children living in problem neighbourhoods
- Chart 10: Children living in unsafe neighbourhoods
- Chart 11: Children living in neighbourhoods considered less friendly
- Child Outcomes
- Chart 12: Children with high levels of indirect aggression
- Chart 13: Children with high levels of emotional-disorder anxiety
- Chart 14: Children with high hyperactivity scores
- Chart 15: Children engaging in frequent delinquent behaviours
- Chart 16: Children hanging around with kids who frequently get into trouble
- Chart 17: Children not in excellent health
- Chart 18: Children with basic health problems related to daily functioning
- Chart 19: Children with delayed vocabulary development
- Chart 20: Proportion of children with low math scores
- Chart 21: Children who seldom read for pleasure
- Chart 22: Children receiving special education
- Chart 23: Children rarely participating in organized sports
- Chart 24: Children rarely participating in unorganized sports
- Chart 25: Children rarely taking music, dance or other lessons
- Chart 26: Children rarely participating in clubs or community groups
- Chart 27: Older teens neither in school nor employed
- Part II: Linking Poverty to Child Outcomes
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