CHILDREN AND POVERTY - ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH

The state-of-the-art research in this volume is based on complex, mult idimensional conceptions of poverty. Current research goes beyond desc ription to emphasize analysis of processes by which effects occur and variations in effects associated with race, gender, and ethnicity. Chi ld care, school, neighborhood, and community are studied as well as fa mily contexts. The child outcomes investigated include both intellectu al development and socioemotional functioning. It is multidisciplinary , using a broad range of analytic frameworks and research methods from economics, sociology, health, psychology, and other disciplines. In t his introduction, the overall research trends are described, and new q uestions for future research are identified.