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Corcoran, Mary E.; Chaudry, Ajay – Future of Children, 1997
Reviews current research on the incidence and duration of child poverty and intergenerational poverty. Trends in the incidence of child poverty, the demographic characteristics of children, and labor market conditions are discussed, along with a summary of research that relates changes in children's demographic conditions and the economy to child…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
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Corcoran, Mary E.; Chaudry, Ajay – Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, 1997
Reviews child poverty in the United States. Child poverty rates have been high since the 1970s, and it is expected that one-third of all children will be poor at some time. African American and Latino children and children in mother-only families are disproportionately poor. Both family structure and the labor market are implicated in child…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors