...The Effects of Poverty The effects of being poor can be felt by everybody in society — from lower class to the highest level of government that try to solve the problems. Whether it is being sick or committing crimes daily, poverty will reach out to every phase of life. There are many things that get affected by poverty such as Health, Education, and Economy. A standout amongst the most extreme impacts of neediness is the wellbeing that is quite often exhibited. This includes things from infections to the future to medication. Illnesses are extremely basic in an individual's living in destitution because they fail to possess the assets to keep up a solid living environment. They are quite often ailing in nutritious nourishments, which diminish their bodies' capacity to battle off infections. Sanitation conditions are generally low, expanding the shot of getting a sickness. Some of the time these sicknesses can be minor, yet other times they can be life-threatening. All in all, individuals living in neediness can't bear the cost of proper drugs to treat these ailments. Hope for a better future and child mortality are significantly influenced by neediness. Insights demonstrate that the life in poor countries is 30 years less than that of well off countries, such as the United States. Child mortality is shockingly high in poor nations; 13.5 percent of kids pass away before the age of 5 in poor nations. This number is normal for poor nations; however, some African countries...
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...The effects of poverty The effects of poverty are serious. Children who grow up in poverty suffer more persistent, frequent, and severe health problems than do children who grow up under better financial circumstances. * Many infants born into poverty have a low birth weight, which is associated with many preventable mental and physical disabilities. Not only are these poor infants more likely to be irritable or sickly, they are also more likely to die before their first birthday. * Children raised in poverty tend to miss school more often because of illness. These children also have a much higher rate of accidents than do other children, and they are twice as likely to have impaired vision and hearing, iron deficiency anemia, and higher than normal levels of lead in the blood, which can impair brain function. Levels of stress in the family have also been shown to correlate with economic circumstances. Studies during economic recessions indicate that job loss and subsequent poverty are associated with violence in families, including child and elder abuse. Poor families experience much more stress than middle-class families. Besides financial uncertainty, these families are more likely to be exposed to series of negative events and “bad luck,” including illness, depression, eviction, job loss, criminal victimization, and family death. Parents who experience hard economic times may become excessively punitive and erratic, issuing demands backed by insults, threats, and...
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...Poverty and Its Effect on Children Samuel Meraz SOC100-146 Prof. Steward July 27, 2014 Poverty and its effect on children We think of poverty, and our first thoughts are lower income, crime, and living conditions. We think of areas of our cities and towns that we all try to avoid and the crime that these areas are infamous for. But, do we ever think of the children that live in poverty? How about the effects of growing up in poverty? Put yourself in their shoes, think about how it would affect you if you had grown up scared to go outside, or going to bed hungry. We will look at some of the causes and effects as well as possible ways to assist these children in improving their chances at a better future. Poverty is when a person or family lives with an income of less than the poverty line set by the government. In 2014, the poverty threshold for a family of four is $23,850 in 48 contiguous states and the District of Colombia (HHS, 2014). When broken down that is less than $6,000 per person in the family. Imagine that for a second; that is annual income. “About one in five American children-some 12 to 14 million” live below the poverty threshold (Brooks-Gunn/Duncan, 1997). Basic needs for these children are not met on a daily basis, things like clothes, food, and decent shelter are not available. Their education suffers from living in these conditions. Children living in under the poverty line are more likely to be dropouts of school, or repeat a grade, than children living...
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...Poverty as a problem A. Describe the social problem. Poverty is a state in which income is insufficient to provide basic needs. Lack of control over resources, lack of education and poor health. There is a multidimensional component which may cause one to lack the ability to care for the basic needs for themselves as well as their families. Poverty can cause alienation and be very distressing. On a very concerning level are the indirect effects of poverty on the development and ones continued wellbeing in regards to emotional, behavioral and psychiatric problems. Measurement of poverty is based on income and consumption levels. People are considered poor if their consumption or income levels fall below the poverty line. The poverty line is the minimum level necessary to meet basic needs (Townsend, 1979). B. Analyze the social problem. According to article (Poverty, social inequality and mental health, 2004, para2). Poverty and social inequality have direct and indirect effects on the social, mental, and physical wellbeing of an individual or group of people. Income inequality produces psychological and psychosocial stress. This stress will trickle down and may cause increased health problems and an influx in mortality rates over time in these lower socioeconomic classes. This is caused by a lack in community investment in the social and physical infrastructure (Wilkinson, 1996). The effects of income inequality also trickle down into society. This trickle...
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...Cause and Effect of Poverty Barbara Virgo Strayer University Abstract Over the past twenty five years it seem as if poverty has become an Institution in the United States of America, with so much structural changes, economic structuring such as the shifting of manufacturing employment, the high rate of mental illness, the increasing high school drop out rate, the skyrocketing rates of incarceration, with single parenting on the rise and most alarmingly is the amounts of children living in poverty. The risk of not working or working low paying jobs is essential for poverty overload that can lead to the breakdown of family system and the lack of willpower to even address this issue. In the United States years of poverty will “contributes to financial hardships, inadequate housing, substandard schools, and deteriorating neighborhood”. (Dashiff, 2009, p. 23-32). Poverty is voiceless yet powerful enough to cause enormous burden on those that are trapped without any means of escaping its fury. The Unites States Census Bureau revealed that poverty is estimated to affect over thirty five million people, including thirteen million of which are children. Poverty is becoming an epidemic problem in the United States of America; it is unfortunate that even though the United States is a very rich developed country it is associated with so many people living in poverty, deplorable, destitute conditions (there is so much blame to go around.) Poverty is when the basic human...
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...many issues involved when looking at poverty. It is not simply enough (or correct) to say that the poor are poor due to their own (or their government’s) bad governance and management. In fact, you could quite easily conclude that the poor are poor because the rich are rich and have the power to enforce trade agreements, which favor their interests more than the proper nations. This is a very serious problem in our society today. Poverty is everywhere and it needs to reduced so that our economy will be more stabilized and balanced that it has been. What does it mean to be poor? What does it mean to describe a nation as “developing� A lack of material wealth does not define one as deprived. A strong economy in a developed nation does not mean much when a significant percentage or a majority of the population is struggling to survive. Development usually implies an improvement in living standards such that a person has enough food, water, and clothing, a stable social environment, freedom, and basic rights to have a fair chance for a decent life. Is this actually progress? On the other hand, are we fooled into believing that it is? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services placed the poverty level for a family of four at $16,450 in 1998, and the poverty rate in 1996, according to the HHS, was 13.7 percent, or 36.5 million Americans. (Egendorf: 1999, 12). Is there really a way to measure poverty, and to decide exactly what poverty is? Hunger, income level, housing and...
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...Assess the effects on the poverty cycle in Botswana (8marks) The poverty cycle is where living in poverty makes it difficult for you to get away poverty in the long–run. As a result of Botswana being an LEDC, the country does not have access to a Welfare state which people can obtain benefits which assure that they obtain a minimum standard of living- for example: access to free medical care, health education, and unemployment benefits e.t.c. The causes of Botswana being faced with the poverty cycle is because of the low salary rate. This factor has a “domino” effect, which leads onto low productivity levels. In addition, poor infrastructure effects the low levels of productivity as goods cannot be transported with ease – which could be the reason why Botswana has very low GDP. There are many more causes such as the lack of skills as well as technology there is and disease such as malaria for example. However, the government of Botswana could help the low levels of productivity. They could do this by putting in place an on going education system which will allow families who send their children off to work at a young age, to bring back a decent wage which they can live on comfortably. By putting in place this on going education system, it will solve many causes for example, the lack of skills. The education system could teach classes which will give children the basic skills to work, consequently meaning that by people being taught the basic skills they need to work,...
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...Does poverty have an effect on the education of students? Every student should have the same chance at success. In a perfect world each institution would administer the same quality education despite poverty, difference in resources, or diverse cultures. Although that is a good aspiration, it is a notion that is far from reality. Poverty plays a vital part in the resources available to each school. Resources account for majority of school’s operation. In order to ensure how much poverty affects schools, two schools will be evaluated; one school is located in a community under the poverty line and the other school is above the poverty line. The academic standards, standardized test scores, and resources available to each school will be the basis of the comparison. The schools are Ashley Magnet Elementary School (AMES) whose students are majority African-American and Hispanic and Lewisville Elementary School (LES) whose students are majority Caucasian. At the conclusion of this research, there will be valuable evidence to determine if poverty has an effect on the education of the students due to resources, standardized tests, living conditions, and health and nutrition. There are many different factors that a school must think about that determine what kind of resources could be purchased. A school must consider the salaries of the educators on their payroll, the district total revenue, the district total spending, the district revenue per student, and the district spending...
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...Running head: CAUSE OF AMERICAN POVERTY AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON CHILDREN 1 Cause of American Poverty and the Effects It Has on Children Daphney Pratcher Strayer University English 115 Cause of American Poverty and the Effects It Has on Children 2 Poverty is the lack of basic human need, such as fresh water, nutrient, health care, education, clothing, and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. Is there Poverty in America? One of the richest countries in the world? Yes, poverty is a reality in America; the causes of poverty involve issues related to economics and education coupled with abuses in governance and lack of opportunity. Poverty in American has grown tragically. It is a spreading national scourge among all races and even more so in center cities, rural areas, and on Indian reservations. There are several causes for American poverty and this affects our children. One of the most common misconceptions is the assumption that if someone is hungry, that means they do not have a job and are living on the streets. What most people don’t understand is that anyone can experience hunger. It is a silent epidemic that affects millions of Americans. Many jobs have laid people off and this has caused poverty to rise. Millions more are surviving only because of expanded unemployment insurance and other assistance. One way embattled Americans have gotten by is sharing homes with siblings...
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...UEM. VOL. 3.2004 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT(IJEM) VOLUME 3, 2004 ISSN: 079447684 Published by Department of Educational Management, University of llorin, llorin IJEM, VOL. 3, 2004 Table of Content Page Title Page.................................................................i Copyright page..........................................................ii Board of Editors........................................................iii Notes to contributors.................................................iv Notes on contributors...................................................v Table of contents......................................................vii Prof. (Mrs.) N.Y.S Ijaiya - Re-Engineering Educational Management for Quality Education in Kwara State, Nigeria....................................1 2. Prof. Bade A. Agboola -Current Issues in Educational management in Nigeria: The Challenges of Open and Distance Education………………………………………….........15 3. Dr. M.A. Ogunu - The Present Status of Expectancy Theory..............................................................................................31 4. Dr. (Mrs.) A,T. Alabi - Teacher Professionalism and Productivity: Management Perspective...............................................................44 5. Dr. A.A. Olaoye-- Sociological Perspective to Managing School Curriculum and Resources............................................................54 6. Yahaya, Lasiele...
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...under age eighteen lived in families with incomes below the official poverty threshold. Although children age eighteen and under represent 26 percent of the United States population, they comprise nearly 40 percent of the poverty population. Despite a steady decrease from 1993 (23%) to 1999 (17%) in the rate of children in poverty, the United States still ranks highest in childhood poverty among all industrialized nations. In the United States, income poverty is defined by the poverty threshold, developed in 1959 and based on expected food expenditures (thrifty food basket) for families of varying sizes. Each year the threshold is adjusted for the Consumer Price Index cost of living. In 1999, the poverty threshold for a single mother raising two children was $13,423. Researchers have criticized the poverty threshold on numerous counts. First, government transfers such as food stamps and housing subsidies as well as tax benefits (e.g., the Earned Income Tax Credit) and tax payments are not included when assessing the poverty threshold. Second, regional and urban differences in the cost of living are not considered when computing the poverty threshold. Despite the criticisms levied against the way poverty is assessed in the United States, the current review highlights research that has used this definition of poverty, while acknowledging its weaknesses. This article reviews the literature linking family poverty to children's cognitive and educational outcomes such as achievement...
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...Can growing up in poverty affect a child? Growing up in poverty will affect children in many ways hurting them and their daily lives. The article ¨The effects of poverty…” by the APA the article talks about how children are affected by growing up in poverty in different ways and how their future is changed because of it. In the novel House on mango Street , by Sandra Cisneros, the novel includes a series of characters like Esperanza, Mamacita and sally. These girls all have grown up in poverty and have not received the same academic opportunities as other students. Growing up in poverty will affect a child negatively , because the child is already facing struggles to get the right tools that they need, which will affect the outcome on their future, children's health are also affected by poverty because they are in poorer communities which puts them at greater risk of a wide range of physical health problems, lastly poverty can affect behavior because children can act different behaviorally and emotionally when struggling through poverty. Children...
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...Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1044-94 Long-Term Poverty and Child Development in the United States: Results from the NLSY Sanders Korenman Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Center for Population Analysis and Policy University of Minnesota Jane E. Miller Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research Rutgers University John E. Sjaastad Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota September 1994 This research was funded by a grant from the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. An earlier version of part of this paper appeared as part of Office of Population Research Working Paper No. 93-5, Princeton University, June 1993, which contains supplemental analyses and is available from the authors. We thank participants in seminars at the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Princeton University, the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 1993 meetings of the Population Association of America for their comments. Abstract The authors describe developmental deficits in early childhood associated with long-term poverty in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). They compare estimates of the effects of long-term poverty (based on a thirteen-year average of income) to estimates of the effects of poverty based on a single year of income (at the time of developmental assessment). They find substantial developmental deficits among...
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...org/ERR ISSN 1990-3839 © 2011 Academic Journals Review The effects of poverty on academic achievement Misty Lacour1 and Laura D. Tissington2* 2 Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA. th University of West Florida, 1732 N. 13 Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32503, USA. Accepted 12 May, 2011 Poverty, which forms a specific culture and way of life, is a growing issue in the United States. The number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous studies have documented the correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement. Several strategies exist to assist teachers in closing the poverty achievement gap for students. Key words: Poverty, family income, achievement gap, academic gap. INTRODUCTION In the United States (US), the gaps in achievement among poor and advantaged students are substantial (Rowan et al., 2004). Through multiple studies, The U.S. Department of Education (2001: 8) has indicated results that “clearly demonstrated that student and school poverty adversely affected student achievement”. The U.S. Department...
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...ISSN 1990-3839 © 2011 Academic Journals Review The effects of poverty on academic achievement Misty Lacour1 and Laura D. Tissington2* 2 Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA. th University of West Florida, 1732 N. 13 Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32503, USA. Accepted 12 May, 2011 Poverty, which forms a specific culture and way of life, is a growing issue in the United States. The number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous studies have documented the correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement. Several strategies exist to assist teachers in closing the poverty achievement gap for students. Key words: Poverty, family income, achievement gap, academic gap. INTRODUCTION In the United States (US), the gaps in achievement among poor and advantaged students are substantial (Rowan et al., 2004). Through multiple studies, The U.S. Department of Education (2001: 8) has indicated results that “clearly demonstrated that student and school poverty adversely affected student achievement”. The U.S. Department...
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