Risk Factors Associated with Poverty

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This paper details how poverty in America is a never ending problem, where currently 40% of all U.S. children are at risk. The author explains who there are several risk factors raise the risk level such as single parent homes, lack of education, ethnic backgrounds and low income levels. This paper examines these and other risk factors and proposes solutions that can help break the cycle of poverty.

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"Despite being the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth, the United States has a poverty rate that is two to three times greater than other advanced industrial nations. According to the US Census Bureau, 37% of all children in America live in low-income households, and 13.8% live in poverty. Today 15 million children in the United States live below the poverty line. Every day more than 2,600 children are born into poverty with 27 dying as a direct result of it. The bureau also contends that one in five children under the age of three live in a state of poverty. Over 2.1 million children who are poor face the likelihood of impaired development both mentally and physically, as food may not be readily available. Roughly 25% of all minors go hungry or run the risk of being hungry in poor tenements."

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