Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 12 through 17 Years, 2015. Fact Sheet

Autor/inn/en	Jiang, Yang; Granja, Maribel R.; Koball, Heather
Institution	National Center for Children in Poverty
Titel	Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 12 through 17 Years, 2015. Fact Sheet
Quelle	(2017), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Low Income Students; Poverty; Geographic Distribution; Socioeconomic Background; Demography; Parent Background; Disadvantaged; Adolescents; Population Trends; Population Distribution; Family Income; Age Differences; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Family Characteristics; Health Insurance; Secondary School Students; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Sozioökonomische Lage; Demografie; Elternhaus; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bevölkerungsprognose; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Familieneinkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Krankenversicherung; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 43 percent live in low-income families and 21 percent--approximately one in five--lives in a poor family. This means that children are overrepresented among our nation's poor; they represent 23 percent of the population but comprise 33 percent of all people in poverty. Many more children live in families with incomes just above the poverty threshold. Young children under age 6 years appear to be particularly vulnerable, with 45 percent living in low-income and 23 percent living in poor families. 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 children in this age group 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