{"id":361,"date":"2012-11-07T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/vcusochealth\/2012\/11\/07\/intergenerational-effects-of-educational-attainment\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T15:37:49","slug":"intergenerational-effects-of-educational-attainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/societyhealth.blog\/intergenerational-effects-of-educational-attainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Intergenerational Effects of Educational Attainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last few posts, I have discussed research highlighting the association between educational attainment and life expectancy, employment status, and other outcomes. A recent report out of the Urban Institute<\/a> highlights the intergenerational effects of poverty and the educational attainment of parents on their children’s future prospects.<\/p>\n

In their report “Child Poverty and Its Lasting Consequences<\/a>“, authors Caroline Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan show how the likelihood of experiencing persistent childhood poverty (identified as being poor for at least half of the time between birth and age 17) is associated with parental poverty, race, educational attainment, and other factors. As illustrated in the following chart, within each race category, a parent’s educational attainment is shown to have a greater association with the prevalence of persistent childhood poverty than either employment or household status. Ratcliffe and McKernan find that, compared with parents that have more than a high school diploma, black and white children born to poor parents with only a high school education are 23.6 and 17.2 percentage points more likely (respectively) to experience persistent poverty in childhood.<\/p>\n

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An impoverished childhood can have implications for well-being into adulthood. According to the authors, children whose parents have only a high school education or have not completed high school are 7.2 and 17.6 percentage points more likely (respectively) to not complete high school by age 20. They are also more likely to give birth outside of marriage as teenagers.<\/p>\n

Whether this increased prevalence of poor educational attainment, poverty, and young, out of wedlock childbirth is related to having a parent in similar circumstances, having an increased likelihood of residing in a community with poor quality schools, or living with a lack of other community support is unclear from the analysis.<\/p>\n

What is clear is that children of impoverished and uneducated parents are at a disproportionately higher risk of perpetuating the cycle of poverty. The impacts on the health status and productivity of this population deteriorate population health and tax community revenues due to increased health care costs. Early intervention at key developmental stages for children is essential to stopping the cycle of poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my last few posts, I have discussed research highlighting the association between educational attainment and life expectancy, employment status, and other outcomes. A recent report out of the Urban Institute highlights the intergenerational effects of poverty and the educational attainment of parents on their children’s future prospects. In their report “Child Poverty and Its…<\/p>\n

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