The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence ...
One reason it’s harder to escape poverty in America
We often focus on how important factors in childhood are to someone’s prospects of escaping poverty later in life — things ...
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The City With the Lowest Poverty Rate in Every State
Also: Discover the next Nvidia The steady reduction in the U.S. poverty rate has been the product of multiple economic factors — including growth in employment opportunities and rising wages.
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Madagascar Poverty Assessment: Navigating Two Decades of High Poverty and Charting a Course for Change
This surge in urban poverty can be attributed to various factors, including declining economic opportunities, a deteriorating business environment, and a lack of investment in education, healthcare, ...
White Americans in areas with higher Black poverty more likely to attribute racial disparities to lack of effort: Study
New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that white Americans living in counties with higher Black ...
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Social factors help explain worse cardiovascular health among adults in rural vs. urban communities
A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) uncovered higher rates of heart disease and worse heart health affecting adults living in rural communities compared to urban areas ...
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Rising cost of living pushes more Irish households into poverty, CSO figures reveal
It also reveals that if cost of living measures were excluded from income, the risk of poverty rate would increase to 14.1%. The CSO added that factors such as employment status, household ...