Health problems for children prevent families from moving to higher-income neighborhoods
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 08:12
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers have long believed that living in high-poverty neighborhoods makes people more likely to suffer debilitating health problems. Now a newly-published study co-authored by an MIT professor suggests a corollary: Families that live in high-poverty neighborhoods and whose children have health problems find it harder to move out of poverty, too.