Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 9 Years, 2016. Fact Sheet

Autor/inn/en	Koball, Heather; Jiang, Yang
Institution	National Center for Children in Poverty
Titel	Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 9 Years, 2016. Fact Sheet
Quelle	(2018), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Low Income Groups; Poverty; Family Income; At Risk Persons; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Influences; Age Differences; Geographic Regions; Housing; Ownership; Energy; Preschool Education; Health Insurance; Welfare Services; Family Structure; Immigrants + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Armut; Familieneinkommen; Risikogruppe; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Unterkunft; Eigentum; Energie; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Krankenversicherung; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 41 percent live in low-income families and 19 percent--approximately one in five--are poor. This means that children are overrepresented among the nation's poor; they represent 23 percent of the population but comprise 32 percent of all people in poverty. Many more children live in families with incomes just above the poverty threshold. Young children--those under age 9 years--appear to be particularly vulnerable, with 44 percent living in low-income families, including 21 percent living in poor families. Being a child in a low-income or poor family does not happen by chance. Parental education and employment, race/ethnicity, and other factors are associated with children's experience of economic insecurity. This fact sheet describes the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics of young children and their parents. It highlights important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor young children from their less disadvantaged counterparts. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Center for Children in Poverty. 215 West 125th Street Third Floor, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 646-284-9600; Fax: 646-284-9623; e-mail: info@nccp.org; Web site: http://www.nccp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01