Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 12:41 - 2 Comments

UK’s poor hit hard by alcohol-related deaths

U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Death rates from alcohol-related diseases increase substantially in the socioeconomically deprived areas of England and Wales. Mortality rates of men and women in the most deprived areas were more than four times the rates in less deprived areas. (more…)

Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 12:42 - 1 Comment

Haiti quake reaction neglects history’s lessons

NYU (US)—International responses to rebuild Haiti after the January earthquake are unlikely to successfully transform the country, says New York University’s Millery Polyné, because these measures do not consider power, politics, and Haitian history—especially its relations with the United States. (more…)

Society & Culture - May 12, 2010 11:31 - 3 Comments

Bigger belly, smaller paycheck

UC DAVIS (US)—Minimum-wage employees are more likely to be obese than those who earn higher wages, adding to growing evidence that being poor is a risk factor for unhealthy weight. (more…)

Earth & Environment - May 5, 2010 15:51 - 0 Comments

Poor families hardest hit by carbon tax

U. LEEDS (UK)—Taxing individuals for the amount of carbon they use would hit the poor and those living in the north of the U.K. hardest, forcing them to pay four times more as a proportion of their income than higher earners. (more…)

Society & Culture - Apr 26, 2010 12:15 - 0 Comments

Disabled kids more apt to live in poverty

U. WARWICK (UK)—Families of disabled children in the U.K. are more likely to live with low incomes, debt, and poor housing. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2010 12:40 - 0 Comments

Moms don’t need moola to be successful

U. WARWICK (UK)—New research shows that while money can’t buy happiness, a mother who is happy in herself does a better job of parenting, regardless of financial circumstances. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 19, 2010 12:34 - 3 Comments

Poverty raises risk of postpartum depression

U. ROCHESTER (US)—More than half of low-income urban mothers show signs of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a new study. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2010 12:20 - 2 Comments

Welfare reform from the street up

U. CHICAGO (US)—Providing a street-level perspective on welfare reform, a new book reveals a world of struggle for people living in Philadelphia row houses, where many residents contend with long histories of drug addiction and alcoholism. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 11, 2009 10:59 - 1 Comment

Religious identity shapes voters’ views

CORNELL (US)—How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class, and gender. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 11, 2009 9:00 - 1 Comment

Living well down on the farm

U. ILLINOIS (US)—“Rural” is often synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools, but much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains, a new study finds. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 5, 2009 13:57 - 1 Comment

Food insecurity growing issue for kids

WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—The percentage of black children who live in a household where food stamps will be used at some point in their childhood is a staggering 90 percent, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 23, 2009 16:57 - 2 Comments

High lead levels linked to lower test scores

DUKE (US)—Exposure to lead in early childhood significantly contributes to lower performances on end-of-grade (EOG) reading tests among minority and low-income children. (more…)

Society & Culture - Oct 8, 2009 11:17 - 0 Comments

Shame motivates better than subsidy

DUKE (US)—Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates in rural India blamed on the microbial pathogens that cause diarrhea. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Sep 29, 2009 4:09 - 2 Comments

Fertilizer not a cure-all for African poverty

CORNELL (US)—Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest farmers. (more…)

Society & Culture - Sep 28, 2009 15:16 - 1 Comment

Homeless addicts: Next door, worlds away

U. PENN (US)—Homeless heroin addicts are far closer than most people realize, according to research by medical anthropologist Phillippe Bourgois. (more…)

Society & Culture - Aug 5, 2009 13:10 - 1 Comment

Poverty is a drag for middle-income black youth

“Neighborhoods matter—and matter significantly for the mobility prospects of Americans,” says John Morton, managing director of Pew’s Economic Policy Department. “But black children from middle-income families who often live in poorer neighborhoods, have a much higher likelihood of falling down the ladder as adults.”

Society & Culture - May 6, 2009 13:59 - 1 Comment

World’s poor lack access, not savvy

NYU (US)—The first in-depth examination of how the world’s poorest households patch together their financial existences—many on less than $2 a day—finds they do so with sophistication and complexity. (more…)

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