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Title: Young Child Poverty in 2009: Rural Poverty Rate Jumps to Nearly 29 Percent in Second Year of Recession
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Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: American Community Survey (ACS) data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 28, 2010, reveal the impact of the recession on children, particularly young children under the age of 6. For many young children, the likelihood of living in poverty increased significantly since 2007 and 2008. Also striking is the very high rate of young child poverty experienced by those in the rural South: more than three out of ten young children in the rural southern United States are poor, and the poverty rate increased by over two percentage points to 33.3 percent for these children. Nearly 29 percent of young children in rural America . . .
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Authors: Mattingly, Marybeth J; Stransky, Michelle
Publisher: University of New Hampshire
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Other, Poverty and Welfare
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