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  Title: Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 (2008)

URL: http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/download_252.pdf

Language: English
Author and Contributors: Douglas-Hall, Ayana
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty- Columbia University (October 2008)
Review Level: Informal review
Primary Content Area: Early Childhood
Content Type: General Information
Audience: Parents; Professionals, Educators & Program Staff
Categories:
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Welfare Reform and Poverty
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Child and Family Well-being Data
Resource Type: Not an extension nor a land-grant developed resource
Keywords: low-income children, poverty, children in poverty
Description: This fact sheet describes general demographic characteristics of children ages birth to age 18 in low-income families; their number and proportion, where they live and how often they move, their age distribution, race, and ethnicity, and their parent's education, employment, marital status, and country of origin. It has been designed to provide comparable data for different age groups because young children are more likely to live in low-income families. 
Media Type: PDF - Portable Document Format
Resource Listed: August 26, 2005
Resource Last Updated: April 18, 2012




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