News tagged with family income
New report finds low family income not a major reason for poor student achievement
Family income is associated with student achievement, but careful studies show little causal connection. School factors – teacher quality, school accountability, school choice – have bigger causal impacts than family ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Poverty can physically impair brain, reducing children's ability to learn
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic stress from growing up in poverty can physiologically impact children's brains, impairing their working memory and diminishing their ability to develop language, reading and problem-solving skills, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college
Anyone who has saved for a college education, whether for a child or for themselves, can attest it's not easy to put money away. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas and colleagues have shown that when savings ...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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Study finds link between individual stress and adolescent obesity
Stress may indeed be a direct contributor to childhood obesity. That's according to a new Iowa State University study finding that increased levels of stress in adolescents are associated with a greater likelihood of them ...
May 14, 2009 |
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Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds
Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
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Apr 26, 2012 |
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Asset gaps by socioeconomic class reduced when low-income families create savings program for children
(PhysOrg.com) -- Opening a bank account for a young child in a low-income family could someday lead to a society with a reduction in asset gaps by socioeconomic class, a new study says.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Society may get stuck with the bill for expensive higher education
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rising cost of a college education and limited access to financial aid may create a less productive workforce and steeper wealth inequity, according to a study by North American economists.
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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How childhood family income affects adulthood
A study from the University of Otago’s long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) throws new light on a current issue; links between family income and other outcomes later in life such as health and ...
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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'Communicative fathers' help reduce teenage smoking
Children who talk to their fathers about the issues that are important to them are less likely to take up smoking during early adolescence, a Cardiff University study has found.
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Attending community college does make you richer, study says
A recent study by Dave Marcotte, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County found women graduating from community college with a 2-year degree earn 45.8% more annually than high school educated women. Men who ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Poorer people still excluded from top professions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors and lawyers are more likely to come from wealthy backgrounds according to new research from the Department of Economics that indicates that the ‘social gap’ that prevents poorer people ...
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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Study finds many low-income families depend on tax credit program
The federal government's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is designed to be a short-term safety net, but many participants return to the program time after time, says a new study co-authored by a Ball State University economist.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Proximity to convenience stores fosters child obesity
Childhood obesity is directly related to how close kids live to convenience stores, according to the preliminary findings of a major Canadian study presented at the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier in Lyon, France. The ongoing ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Parental income can determine post-secondary attendance
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the CIBC Centre in Human Capital and Productivity at The University of Western Ontario shows parental income is a much stronger determinant of post-secondary attendance in the U.S. than ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S
(PhysOrg.com) -- The nearly 80,000 immigrants older than 65 who arrive in the U.S. each year are often overlooked by society because they don't hold paid jobs or speak fluent English, says UC Irvine sociology ...
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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