Question

state any three ill effects of poverty

Answer 1

Education:
Only 14 percent of the variation in a child’s performance can be attributed to school quality, according to Donald Hirsch, advisor to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. This means that a child’s background has a significant effect on their performance in school. Children who come from low-income families are far less likely to perform well in school. According to Department for Education statistics, by the end of primary school, pupils in need of free school meals are estimated to be almost three terms behind their more affluent peers.
Child Development:
Children living in poverty are more likely to learn poor health behaviour and are more susceptible to mental illness as they grow older.  Children living in constant poverty also show the worst cognitive development, compared to children from higher socio-economic backgrounds. Children who are poor are often unable to participate in social, leisure and celebratory activities, which can negatively impact their self-esteem and friendships. They may feel less able to take advantage of learning opportunities in school, which can eventually hurt their future employment prospects.
Crime:
The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime found that poverty had a significant and direct effect on young people’s likelihood to engage in violence at age 15. Young people living in a family where the head of the household was unemployed were also more likely to participate in criminal behavior.Even poor individuals with “low risk” backgrounds were more likely to engage in violence. This means that for certain types of young people, living in a poor household increases their risk of engaging in violence beyond what one would expect.