SOCIOL 2R03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Black Kids, United Nations General Assembly, Consumerism
7 Sep 2013
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Canada experienced the second highest increase in child poverty of 14 countries with data from the mid 1990"s to the mid 2000"s. Just over 15% of all children (1. 5 million) live in poverty. Many regard the polarization of wealth and poverty as one of canada"s foremeost inequality problems. Studies link poverty to poorer health, lower literacy, more crime, poorer school attainment, greater toll on individuals, and increased family stress. Children are vulnerable to long-term effects: costly adult problems, self- destructive behaviours, and expensive social services. Poverty reflects a social construction instead of anything natural about reality. It is affluence rather then poverty that is problematic. Too heavy a reliance on the economic dimensions of poverty overlooks a key factor; poverty is not about the money it is about powerlessness. Poverty affects everyone in society (poor are sick more which costs a lot) Canada child poverty rate ranks 24 (15. 1%) out of 35 industrialized countries.
