How the 'long shadow' of an inner city childhood affects adult success
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 06:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Nearly 800 Baltimore school children were followed in a ground-breaking study for a quarter of a century. The conclusion: their fates were substantially determined by the economic status of the family they were born into. Through repeated interviews with the children and their parents and teachers, the research team observed the group as its members made their way through elementary, middle and high school, joined the work force and started families.