The Immunisation Status of Poor Children: An Analysis of Parental Altruism and Child Well-Being

John Hisnanick and Dale Coddington

Review of Social Economy, 2000, vol. 58, issue 1, 81-107

Abstract: One out of every five children in the United States is growing up in a household where the family income is at or below the poverty threshold. The stress of poverty creates heighten parental stress, straining their capacity to provide warmth, understanding, and guidance for their children. The lack of an adequate income simply may not allow parents to focus their time and energies on parenting; rather, they are constantly struggling to survive. From an economic viewpoint, poverty

Keywords: Immunisation Status; Poverrty; Parental Alturism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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