Add to ORKGLiving in America can be difficult at times. The amount of low income families is rising as years go on and no one seems to notice. Parents who have no college degree, low paying jobs with no benefits, or no job at all can make it difficult to provide for a family. Children also experience challenges of their own that their parents may not be aware of. Together a family can endure the hardship of being evicted from their home. ● Parents will often do odd jobs in order to make more money (Hill & Kauff, 2002, p. 3) ● Children get jobs of their own to help pay bills. ● “Families in $2-a-day poverty who must double up with friends or relatives sometimes find themselves in a perfect storm of risk for sexual, emotional, or physical abuse” (Edin &...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson, Andrew Schaefer, and Marybeth Mattingly use American Communit...
Over 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, whi...
Living in America can be difficult at times. The amount of low income families is rising as years go...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Seventeen percent of all American children live in families whose incomes fall below the federal pov...
Provides a snapshot of the characteristics, conditions, and challenges of low-income working familie...
Despite considerable progress over last several decades, low-income families continue to face many b...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
New Hampshire boasts the nation\u27s lowest percentage of people living in poverty and maintains str...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined substantially since 2000. ...
Higher education is one of the most effective ways that parents can raise their families’ incomes. T...
Nearly 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, w...
This data brief, based on 2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, provide...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson, Andrew Schaefer, and Marybeth Mattingly use American Communit...
Over 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, whi...
Living in America can be difficult at times. The amount of low income families is rising as years go...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Seventeen percent of all American children live in families whose incomes fall below the federal pov...
Provides a snapshot of the characteristics, conditions, and challenges of low-income working familie...
Despite considerable progress over last several decades, low-income families continue to face many b...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
New Hampshire boasts the nation\u27s lowest percentage of people living in poverty and maintains str...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined substantially since 2000. ...
Higher education is one of the most effective ways that parents can raise their families’ incomes. T...
Nearly 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, w...
This data brief, based on 2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, provide...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson, Andrew Schaefer, and Marybeth Mattingly use American Communit...
Over 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, whi...