Throughout the world, millions are affected by poverty. The US Census Bureau considers a family in the United States poverty stricken when a" family 's total income is less than the family 's threshold." As of 2013, about fifteen percent of people lived in poverty across the United States (Census Bureau). Poverty affects people in many ways, and may be caused by the restriction of resources in specific areas where a children live. When children are affected by poverty it can cause them to have a less successful future in terms of social and academic standpoints, due to the fact that children who live in poverty may be introduced to factors that affect their brain growth (CTD Children in Poverty 01). Poverty may affect a child 's education,
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The 2015 statistics from the United States Department of Labor state that there is an unemployment rate of 9 percent for people without high school diplomas and a rate of 6 percent for those with high school diplomas (BLS Employment Projections). As of 2012, people with college degrees had lower overall rates of poverty, ranging at around 1.6 percent opposed to people with no high school degree, having around 10.0 percent rates (Heggeness and Hokayem, 06). The salaries for people who have attained high school diplomas, as of 2013, is generally between 30 and 40 thousand dollars, while people who have not received their diploma have salaries of anywhere between 20 and 30 thousand dollars (NCES Fast Facts). With the poverty level, as of 2013, for a family of four as $23,634, having a salary of anywhere between $20,000 and $30,000 can be quite difficult to manage when emergency expenses are factored into budget.
Poverty affects children in many negative ways like their education and preparedness for school, and their family life in terms of educational motivation. These things can both hinder a child 's future education and career causing them to be poverty stricken as adults. Being poverty stricken as a adolescent can affect education and can result in a person not receiving their college or high school diploma. This can …show more content…
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The 2015 statistics from the United States Department of Labor state that there is an unemployment rate of 9 percent for people without high school diplomas and a rate of 6 percent for those with high school diplomas (BLS Employment Projections). As of 2012, people with college degrees had lower overall rates of poverty, ranging at around 1.6 percent opposed to people with no high school degree, having around 10.0 percent rates (Heggeness and Hokayem, 06). The salaries for people who have attained high school diplomas, as of 2013, is generally between 30 and 40 thousand dollars, while people who have not received their diploma have salaries of anywhere between 20 and 30 thousand dollars (NCES Fast Facts). With the poverty level, as of 2013, for a family of four as $23,634, having a salary of anywhere between $20,000 and $30,000 can be quite difficult to manage when emergency expenses are factored into budget.
Poverty affects children in many negative ways like their education and preparedness for school, and their family life in terms of educational motivation. These things can both hinder a child 's future education and career causing them to be poverty stricken as adults. Being poverty stricken as a adolescent can affect education and can result in a person not receiving their college or high school diploma. This can …show more content…
"The Effects of Poverty on Child Development and Educational
Outcomes." CPSU. CPSU, n.d. Web.
"The Great Depression." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
Statistics, U.S. Bureau Of Labor. "The Recession of 2007-2009." The Recession of 2007–2009:
BLS Spotlight on Statistics (2012): n. pag. Bls.gov. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Feb. 2012. Web.
"United States Census Bureau." About Poverty. United States Census Bureau. Web. 04 Sept.
2015.
"Child Poverty." NCCP. National Center for Children in Poverty, 2014. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
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