Persistent poverty and children’s development in the early years of childhood
利用英国纵向数据，研究了持续贫困对儿童早期发展环境与结果的影响，发现持续贫困儿童处境更差，改善养育行为和母亲心理健康可能促进韧性。
Reducing child poverty has been a policy of successive United Kingdom (UK) governments. However, the reduction of persistent poverty has only recently featured on the policy agenda. This article uses longitudinal data on early childhood to examine developmental contexts and outcomes of persistently poor children and to establish contexts that may promote resilience. Results show that persistently poor children have more disadvantageous developmental contexts than children in poverty for shorter periods and that they have worse developmental outcomes. Resilience may be promoted by improving parenting behaviours and attitudes and improving maternal mental health.