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UT Study Finds Poverty Can Be a Drag on Genes : " Poverty can suppress a child's genetic potential, according to a study released Monday by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin. ... Austinist "

Study Finds Poverty & Welfare Common among Immigrants : *Among the top states of immigrant settlement, immigrants tend to be the poorest and least educated in Arizona, North Carolina, Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, and California . Immigrants tend to be the most educated and prosperous in Virginia, New ...

Study Finds Federal Poverty Level Undercounts in Calif. : Many California residents are ineligible for potential safety-net programs because the current federal poverty level, at $15130 for a couple, is too low, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The study's authors said ...

96.5% of YouTubers Don't Earn Enough to Cross the Poverty Line, Study Finds - The study, done at the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, found that 96.5% of all YouTubers won't make enough revenue to surpass the poverty line in the US . Speaking with Bloomberg News, Professor Mathias Bärtl said that very few could enter the top 3% of most-viewed channels. He found ...

Abortion Poverty Study Finds Link Between Lack Of Access And Income : Women who attempted get abortions but were denied are three times as likely to fall into poverty than those whose efforts were not blocked, a recent study conducted by researchers at University of California San Francisco found. UCSF's Bixby Center on ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

Poverty and national parks: Decade-long study finds surprising relationship : MADISON – If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty ? Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but no, according to a 10-year study of people living ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poverty and anger towards police prompted UK riots, study finds ... Poverty has been given as the main reason for this summer's riots across England. Anger and frustration towards police was the second-highest reason. Analysts, who studied 270 interviews with people who took part in the disturbances, said ...

Poverty and anger towards police prompted UK riots, study finds ... Poverty has been given as the main reason for this summer's riots across England. Anger and frustration towards police was the second-highest reason. Analysts, who studied 270 interviews with people who took part in the disturbances, said ...

One In Four Young US Children Living In Poverty, Study Finds : More than 18 percent of American children had at least one unemployed or underemployed parent, the organization found, compared with 9.1 percent in 2007, before the start of the recession. Child poverty has been growing across the country over the last ...

Study Finds Link Between Obesity And Poverty: Poorer Children Three Times As Likely To Be Fat  - The authors of the study took note of the children's health and environment behaviors. They examined factors such as mothers who smoked during ...

Nearly half of elderly will experience poverty says Report : "A new study finds that nearly half of all Americans between the ages of 60 and 90 will encounter at least one year of poverty or near poverty , according to ...

Nearly half of elderly will experience poverty says Report ... : "A new study finds that nearly half of all Americans between the ages of 60 and 90 will encounter at least one year of poverty or near poverty , according to Mark Rank, PhD, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Work at the Brown ...

More Irish children live in poverty than OECD average : "The study finds that while poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries, 16.3 per cent of Irish children now live in poverty , well above the OECD average of 12.7 per cent. The authors of the report have called on ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Achievement gap exists for kids even before kindergarten The Minnesota Readiness Study finds children of color and children who live in poverty are less likely to be considered ready for kindergarten than white students and those living above the poverty line. According to the study, 60 percent of all ...

by Travis Anderson and Scott Witten A new study on poverty among students here is like a bad report card — it is news that one hates to share with the ... From: http://ping.fm/ke7Cq

A new study highlights a growing consensus that investment in ICT infrastructure can help to reduce poverty and inequality ... View article...

More than 1 in 5 Ga. kids live in poverty : "More than 1 in 5 Ga. kids live in poverty LAS VEGAS -- A national study on child well-being to be published Wednesday finds that child poverty increased in 38 states, including Georgia, from 2000 to 2009. The research by the Annie E. Casey Foundation ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Pollution, poverty take toll More than 1 million people living in California's San Joaquin Valley—known for its abundance of factory farms and other big commercial-agriculture operations—are exposed to elevated environmental and social risk factors, a new study finds. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Survey Finds Dallas Children Living With Poverty, Abuse DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Almost one third of children in Dallas County live in poverty . That's one of the disturbing findings in the annual Children's Medical Center study released this morning. as KERA's Shelley Kofler reports. According to the report 29 ...

... of the most diverse cities in America. It is also one of the worst for minorities when it comes to racial segregation and education and poverty gaps, ... View article...