Thursday, February 10, 2005

Young Children of Immigrants and Poverty

Young Children of Immigrants in Two-Parent Families Have Triple the Poverty Rate of Children With U.S.-Born Parents. Source : The Urban Institute

From the press release : "One in five young children of immigrants in two-parent families lives below the federal poverty level-triple the rate for children with U.S.-born parents, new research from the nonpartisan Urban Institute shows. Twenty-two percent in the first group are poor versus 7 percent in the latter." Download Full PDF Report


Subjects : Immigrant Families -- Poverty

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