LS222 Lecture 5: LS 222 Lecture 5
20 Aug 2016
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Economic marginalization: lim-at(low income cutoff after tax poverty line) single adult: ,371, lim-at lone parent w one child: ,319, lim-at couple w 2 children: ,742, poverty in canada: 19% of children living in poverty (almost 1 in 5) 40% of indigenous children living in poverty. Visible minorities, recent immigrants, especially indigenous children experience more poverty. Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to: have poor school achievement, suffer health problems, receive inadequate health care, have low birth weight, all relate to juvenile delinquency. Adolescence in the worst neighbourhoods have the greatest risk of dropping out of school and becoming teenage parents. Child poverty is the highest among recent immigrants (especially visible minority) and among aboriginal people. History of anomie: durkheim"s the devision of labour in society. Societies change from uncomplicated to complex shift is normal: simple=mechanical solidarity. Held together by forces of similarities and likeness.
