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I think we completely rule out cases where people were in a good financial position and could provide for children and cases where people were using birth contr
by ailideex 7y ago
I think we completely rule out cases where people were in a good financial position and could provide for children and cases where people were using birth control child poverty will remain virtually unchanged.
https://www.businessinsider.com/parents-determine-child-success-income-inequality-2014-1?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/parents-determine-child-succ...
> The researchers further suggest that the "fraction of children living in single-parent households is the strongest correlation of upward income mobility among all the variables we explored."
See also: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/single-mothers-new-york-times-story-wrong-impression/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/single-mothers-new-yo...
- ska 7y agoIt's a complicated issue. I don't know enough to have a strong opinion on it, but I do know enough to know that a lot of the research is contentious. The black/white thinking espoused above, though: I doubt it leads to real insight or improvements.