[Fwd: CHILD POVERTY RATES REFLECT FAMILY STRUCTURE, NOT RACE, ANALYSISSHOWS -5/01]

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed May 30 09:17:35 PDT 2001


The study says: Black children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than are white children-but not because they are "born black in America,"

Is it because they are born?

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:29:53AM +0100, Max Sawicky wrote:
> Actually the big news here is that Heritage
> has a Center for Data Analysis.
>
> mbs
>
>
> Here is the Heritage Foundation's thinking on the family origins of poverty,
> via
> the Communitarianoids at Smartmarriages.
>
> "Understanding
> > > Differences in Black and White Child Poverty Rates," is available online
> > > at http://www.heritage.org/library/cda/cda01-04.html .
> > >
> > > CHILD POVERTY RATES REFLECT FAMILY STRUCTURE, NOT RACE, ANALYSIS SHOWS
> > >
> > > Black children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty
than are
> > > white children-but not because they are "born black in America,"
> according
> > > to a new study from The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis
> > > (CDA).
>

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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