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Title: Childhood Poverty Rates in New York City Between 1990 and 2010

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This report examines trends in childhood poverty in New York City between 1990 and 2010, using data on poverty rates from the U.S. Census Bureau. In this report, children are defined as those people 14 years of age and under. The data indicate three key trends. First, the rate of childhood poverty in New York City was substantially higher than the national childhood poverty rate in 1990, 2000, and 2010. Second, the Citys childhood poverty rate did not change over the twenty year period considered here. Third, Latinos had the highest childhood poverty rate among the Citys major race/ethnic groups in all three census years. This report explores the Citys childhood poverty rates by sex, race/ethnicity, and nativity, among the five largest Latino national subgroups in New York City, and within the Citys five boroughs.

Url: http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=clacls_pubs

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Authors: Okigbo, Karen

Publisher: City University of New York, Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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