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TY - JOUR
T1 - Poverty transitions among families supporting a child with intellectual disability
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Shahtahmasebi, Said
AU - Berridge, Damon
AU - Lancaster, Gillian
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Background Little is known about child disability and dynamic aspects of poverty.Method Analysis of data collected over a 12-month period for families (a) supporting a child with intellectual disability (n = 370), (b) supporting a child with other disability (n = 1,418), and (c) supporting a child with no disability (n = 7,215).Results When compared to families not supporting a child with disability, families supporting a child with intellectual disability were (a) more likely to be poor, (b) more likely to become poor, (c) less likely to escape from being poor. Half of poverty transitions were associated with identifiable potential trigger events.Conclusions There were few differences between families supporting or not supporting a child with disability with regard to either levels of exposure to potential trigger events or to the strength of the association between exposure and poverty transitions.
AB - Background Little is known about child disability and dynamic aspects of poverty.Method Analysis of data collected over a 12-month period for families (a) supporting a child with intellectual disability (n = 370), (b) supporting a child with other disability (n = 1,418), and (c) supporting a child with no disability (n = 7,215).Results When compared to families not supporting a child with disability, families supporting a child with intellectual disability were (a) more likely to be poor, (b) more likely to become poor, (c) less likely to escape from being poor. Half of poverty transitions were associated with identifiable potential trigger events.Conclusions There were few differences between families supporting or not supporting a child with disability with regard to either levels of exposure to potential trigger events or to the strength of the association between exposure and poverty transitions.
KW - poverty
KW - hardship
KW - children
KW - families
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649840412&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/13668250.2010.518562
DO - 10.3109/13668250.2010.518562
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:78649840412
VL - 35
SP - 224
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
JF - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
SN - 1366-8250
IS - 4
ER -