,Low-Income Children in the United States: National and State Trend Data, 1996-2006

Low-Income Children in the United States: National and State Trend Data, 1996-2006


 

Publication Date: September 2007

Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty

Author(s): Michelle Chau; Ayana Douglas-Hall

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: child poverty; low-wage work

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This trend book brings together national and 50-state data on the characteristics of low-income children over the past decade and reveals that the number of children living in low-income families has increased by over 1.7 million children since 2000.