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Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2016. Fact Sheet

Authors :
National Center for Children in Poverty
Koball, Heather
Jiang, Yang
Source :
National Center for Children in Poverty. 2018.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 41 percent are low-income children 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. 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 children and their parents. It highlights the important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor children from their more advantaged counterparts.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
National Center for Children in Poverty
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
ED590427
Document Type :
Reports - Descriptive