Overview
The problem of poverty is one that affects individuals and families in the United States (U.S.) and on a global level. In 2005, approximately one out of eight people or 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line. Poverty may be defined based on purely economic factors for practical and statistical objectives, however, there are many aspects of its debilitating power that are more difficult and even impossible to measure. Even while Census Bureau surveys can estimate the number of those suffering from poverty in the U.S., numbers cannot begin to tell the story of its painful related effects, ranging from hunger to feelings of powerlessness. Unfortunately, when it comes to the proportions of those who experience poverty in the U.S., there exists a great disparity that is divided along racial and ethnic lines. Just as disheartening is the fact that children suffer from poverty at a rate greater than the population at large. Poverty’s devastating direct and indirect...
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Lippman, L., Burns, S., & McArthur, E. (1996). Urban schools: The challenge of location and poverty. Washington, D.C.: Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
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Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)—www.irp.wisc.edu/: The IRP is a department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and this website provides updated news and events concerning poverty and a useful frequently asked questions section.
National Poverty Center (NPC)—www.npc.umich.edu/: The NPC is a University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy organization and the website provides current newsletters and publications concerning poverty as well as informative poverty facts.
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty—http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html: This is the website of the U.S. Census Bureau and offers an overview of poverty, definitions of poverty terminology, and census data.
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Kiang, M. (2010). Poverty. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C.S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_325
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