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Estimates Indicate Number of School-Age Children in Poverty on the Rise

Posted December 15th, 2005 by Lisa Broniszewski in Education, Pennsylvania Demographics

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for 2003. To access the most recent statistics
on school-age poverty in Pennsylvania’s school districts,
childhood poverty and poverty in the general population, median household
income in the commonwealth, and more, read our Research Brief, Estimates
Indicate Number of School-Age Children in Poverty Again on the Rise, at:

http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/pasdc/data_&_information/briefs/RB120205.pdf

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