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Download full textLazere, Edward B. – 1996
Children are among the poorest of Maine's residents. Nearly 1 in 5 children under the age of 18, 19.3%, lived in families below the federal poverty line in the early 1990s. Most of these poor children lived in working families. The working poor are often missing from policy debates, but their numbers are likely to increase with welfare reform…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Minimum Wage
