Poverty in Illinois: Effects of Poverty on Children
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According to voices4kids.org 605,000 Illinoisan children lived below the poverty line in 2013, this is a number that has increased through out the years. Per my class notes from course Introduction to CAST at NEIU, in Illinois, year 2012, 21% of Illinois children were living in poverty. The statistics are as follows, 44% were African American, 28% were Latino
and 11% were white.
Poverty affects children in every aspect of their life. It affects their development, and their adult life. Hart & Risely conducted a research study that included 42 families with newborns for two and a half years. These families were poor, working, and professionals. They measured after 2.5 years the children's IQ and words spoken. The results stated, children from poor families averaged a vocabulary of 525 words, as opposed to children from professional families whose children averaged 1100 words. In reference to IQ, children from poor families average IQ was 79 and children from professional families IQ was 117. The results showed a correlation between a child's stand in our economic system and their ability to develop. Behavioral, social and emotional issues are more likely to be developed.
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