The Problem with Poverty: Definition, Measurement and
                    Interpretation

Walker, Rachel; Tomlinson, Matthew; Williams, Gerhild Scholz

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“…Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to construct unobserved or latent variables for the concepts of perceived frequency of ASB and economic, social and cultural capital. CFA was used instead of other exploratory methods because it does not reduces the dimensionality arbitrarily, but it is driven by predefined concepts (Walker, Tomlinson, and Williams 2012), that is, it tests theoretically supported concepts instead of 'fishing in data' (Walker 2015, 4). Weighted Least Squared (WLS) was used in the analysis as it is considered more effective other methods when the data is large and the nature of the observed variables is ordinal or binomial (Ningaye, Alexi, and Virginie 2013).…”

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It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools

Pantoja

2021

The British Journal of Criminology

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Many studies about antisocial behaviour (ASB) in the school environment are based on a single conceptual and theoretical framework, producing partial results that limit our understanding of the problem. Using a more inclusive approach, this paper uses survey data from the educational system in Mexico to explore the relationship between the forms of capital introduced by Bourdieu (1986), their associated inequalities, and the perception of ASB of students of secondary schools. The results show that social capital was the only form of capital with a consistent effect across all types of schools and localities. Economic and cultural capital and their associated inequalities were linked to the perception of ASB but only amongst students of some types of schools and localities. It is concluded that further analyses must take into account various aspects at the individual and school level, but particularly understand the unique characteristics of different environments.

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It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools

Pantoja

2021

The British Journal of Criminology

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The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth: Implications for prevention.

Yoshikawa

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Beardslee

2012

American Psychologist

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This article considers the implications for prevention science of recent advances in research on family poverty and children's mental, emotional, and behavioral health. First, we describe definitions of poverty and the conceptual and empirical challenges to estimating the causal effects of poverty on children's mental, emotional, and behavioral health. Second, we offer a conceptual framework that incorporates selection processes that affect who becomes poor as well as mechanisms through which poverty appears to influence child and youth mental health. Third, we use this conceptual framework to selectively review the growing literatures on the mechanisms through which family poverty influences the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children. We illustrate how a better understanding of the mechanisms of effect by which poverty impacts children's mental, emotional, and behavioral health is valuable in designing effective preventive interventions for those in poverty. Fourth, we describe strategies to directly reduce poverty and the implications of these strategies for prevention. This article is one of three in a special section (see also Biglan, Flay, Embry, & Sandler, 2012; Muñoz, Beardslee, & Leykin, 2012) representing an elaboration on a theme for prevention science developed by the 2009 report of the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.

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Poverty and Perseverance: How Soon Do the Poor Give Up?

Sharafi

2019

SSRN Journal

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The Problem with Poverty: Definition, Measurement and Interpretation

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It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools

It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools

The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth: Implications for prevention.

Poverty and Perseverance: How Soon Do the Poor Give Up?

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