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    Poverty has significant negative effects on child development. Approximately 22% of children in the US live in poverty, and 45% live in low-income homes. Studies show deficits in children who experience long-term poverty compared to those with short-term poverty. The home environment, which accounts for one-third to one-half of developmental disadvantages, is strongly impacted by socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES is also associated with higher rates of health issues in children such as low birth weight, lead absorption, and stress-related diseases. Poverty contributes to poor access to nutrition and health care, as well as increased stress levels, which impact child development.

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    Poverty has significant negative effects on child development. Approximately 22% of children in the US live in poverty, and 45% live in low-income homes. Studies show deficits in children who experience long-term poverty compared to those with short-term poverty. The home environment, which accounts for one-third to one-half of developmental disadvantages, is strongly impacted by socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES is also associated with higher rates of health issues in children such as low birth weight, lead absorption, and stress-related diseases. Poverty contributes to poor access to nutrition and health care, as well as increased stress levels, which impact child development.

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    Poverty has significant negative effects on child development. Approximately 22% of children in the US live in poverty, and 45% live in low-income homes. Studies show deficits in children who experience long-term poverty compared to those with short-term poverty. The home environment, which accounts for one-third to one-half of developmental disadvantages, is strongly impacted by socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES is also associated with higher rates of health issues in children such as low birth weight, lead absorption, and stress-related diseases. Poverty contributes to poor access to nutrition and health care, as well as increased stress levels, which impact child development.

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    Effects of Poverty on Child Development

    Samantha Plumlee
    University of North Texas

    Today, many Americans live in poverty or low-income homes due to a large income
    inequality. Approximately 22% people children live in poverty in the United States as well as
    45% live in low income homes. Studies have been conducted for years of the effects of poverty
    on the development on children. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth studies show that
    there are several deficits over children who live in poverty for long periods of time versus those
    who live in poverty for a short period of time. Poverty has such a strong correlation to
    development because the home environment accounts for one third to one half of development
    disadvantages of kids who experience long term poverty. Environment is critical to how a child
    learns, grows, and succeeds. Socioeconomic status (SES) is defined as an economic and
    sociological combined total measure of a persons work experience and of an individuals or
    familys economic and social position in relation to others based on income, education, and
    occupation. SES is measured in three categories of high, medium, and low.
    Goldstein conducted many tests on children with low SES and found that a large portion
    of these children share some things in common. It appears that low birth weight, lead
    absorption, anemia, and ear problems are common health problems shared among disadvantaged
    children. Low SES children are also more likely to show problems of stress ulcers, respiratory
    issues, arthritis, coronary disease, type 2 diabetes, and schizophrenia. Health is affected by SES
    because of the environment in which the child is brought up in. Child obesity is common in low
    income areas because good, wholesome food is replaced by cheap, fast food. Stress and
    respiratory issues can stem from constant worry about money because of working low paying
    jobs. Also, not being able to save up money properly and go on vacations or have days off takes
    a toll on someone who needs a break from constantly working so they become stressed. Mental
    health issues, such as schizophrenia, stem from the environment as well. Mental health issues

    can be caused from genetic factors as well but children who grow up in urban areas show more
    signs of mental illness. Prenatal stress, drug and alcohol abuse, and poor living conditions
    contribute to mental illness and are all common in low SES homes. In London, health care is
    equal for everyone unlike in America. The Whitehall studies were conducted in London to see if
    income was the main factor in health care among low income households. The studies showed
    that even though everyone had access to health care, there was still a difference in health. Poorer
    people had more health issues due to drinking, smoking, and lack of exercise. On the contrary,
    stress was not a result of income in these studies because parents knew they had health care.
    These studies prove that health can still have a direct correlation to income and lifestyle
    regardless is health care is freely available or not.

    Bane, M.J., & Ellwood, D.T. (1986). Slipping into and out of poverty: the dynamics
    of spells, Journal of Human Resources, 21, l-23.

    Goldstein, N., (1990). Explaining socioeconomic diflerences in children cognitive test scores,
    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, January.

    Lareau, Annette. (2003). Unequal Childhoods: Race, Class, and Family Life. University of
    California Press

    Sara Shishehgar, Mahrokh Dolatian, Hamid Alavi Majd & Maryam


    Bakhtiary(2014).Socioeconomic Status and Stress Rate during Pregnancy in Iran.Global Journal
    of Health Science; Vol. 6, No. 4.

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