News tagged with poor families
Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts say
A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday.
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Children's genetic potentials are subdued by poverty
Children from poorer families do worse in school, are less likely to graduate from high school, and are less likely to go to college. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psycho ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Economists reveal factors that help poor people lift themselves out of poverty
What factors contribute to poor people in developing countries lifting themselves out of poverty?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Poor children more vulnerable to effects of poor sleep
Elementary-school-age children from poor families are more vulnerable to the effects of poor sleep than their peers. That's the finding of a new study that assessed the ties between children's sleep and their emotional development.
May 14, 2010 |
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Governments should use cash transfers to target families hit by food poverty
Governments should target aid towards individual households threatened with poverty because of soaring food costs rather than intervene in the markets to try to lower prices, according to research funded by the Economic and ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 11, 2011 |
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White House seeks health plan compromise
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Are shame and poverty closely linked?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study is to examine whether shame is a key part of the experience of being poor. It will look at whether being poor necessarily results in low self esteem or feelings ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Can we really count on family through all?
The design of social protection policies should take into account the complexity and diversity of family arrangements. Families have different needs and structures as well as various ways of reacting and adapting to changes ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Money could determine parental investment biases in child education
Wealth does affect parents’ investment in their children’s education, according to new research from the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics, published in Current Anthropology.
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Effects of welfare reform are mixed for the poor
(PhysOrg.com) -- The economic status of children of single mothers who have gone off welfare and found jobs has improved slightly, but many poor families are worse off since the 1996 welfare reform, reports a study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Early years' initiatives, such as Sure Start, are failing the poor, eight-year study shows
Early years initiatives for pre-school children are not delivering improvements in language and numeracy development, according to leading education experts.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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New study finds 'delinquent behavior among boys contagious'
This release is available in French.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Economist's research sheds light on consumption patterns of nation's poor
(PhysOrg.com) -- The research of University of Notre Dame economist James X. Sullivan sheds light on how best to measure the well-being of the nation’s poorest families so policies can be crafted to help them.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health
Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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