Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009 Children Under Age 18. Michelle Chau, Kalyani Thampi, and Vanessa R. Wight, October 2010
“Children represent 25 percent of the population. Yet, they comprise 36 percent of all people in poverty. Among children, 42 percent live in low-income families and approximately one in every five live in poor families. Winding up in a low-income or poor family does not happen by chance. There are significant factors related to childrens experiences with economic insecurity, such as race/ethnicity and parents education and employment. This fact sheet describes the demographic, socio-economic, and geographic characteristics of children and their parents highlighting the important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor children from their less disadvantaged counterparts.”
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