Title:

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 12 through 17

Author(s):

Chau, Michelle M.
Thampi, Kalyani
Wight, Vanessa

Date:

2010

Type:

Reports

Department:

National Center for Children in Poverty

Permanent URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:10724

Publisher:

Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Publisher Location:

New York

Abstract:

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 21 percent live in poor families. Among our oldest children, adolescents aged 12 through 17, 38 percent live in low-income families and 17 percent live in poor families. Winding up in a low-income or poor family does not happen by chance. There are significant factors related to children's 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 adolescents and their parents, highlighting the important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor children in this age group from their less disadvantaged counterparts.

Subject(s):

Individual and family studies

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