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Poor children more likely than ever to stay poor
By Nicole Weinstein,
Nursery World,
4 May 2006
Teenagers who were brought up in poverty are at least twice as likely to become poor adults as those from better-off backgrounds - and the trend is worsening. A new study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that the persistence of poverty has risen over time, with teenage poverty having a greater impact in later life for teenagers in the 1980s than those in the 1970s.
Teenagers who were brought up in poverty are at least twice as likely to become poor adults as those from better-off backgrounds - and the trend is worsening. A new study by the Joseph...
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