Periodically, I get emails from various websites that collect information on college degree programs – I get the ones focused on psychology issues because of this blog’s focus. The one below is from a social work degree programs site – but the graphic they have created (for Poverty Awareness Month) is excellent, so I am sharing it here.
Source: SocialWorkDegreeCenter.comt
Sources:
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/976.abstract
- http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/
- 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplements from the Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011.
- Urban Institute, Transitioning In and Out of Poverty, 2007.
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty data from the 2010 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011.
- National Center for Children in Poverty, Budgeting for Basic Needs, March 2009
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty data from the 2010 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011.
- http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/facts.html
- http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb13-165.html
- http://www.cssp.org/media-center/press-releases/cssp-statement-on-new-poverty-data-the-need-for-equitable-policy-change
- http://policyforresults.blogspot.com/
- http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/498/
- http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/30/2555601/living-poverty-effect-brain-constantly-pulling-nighters/
- http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/10/11/global-wealth-rises-as-gap-between-rich-and-poor-grows/