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- THE WEEK, Page 15NATIONGrowing Up Poor in The U.S.
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- The child poverty rate rose by more than 11% during the
- 1980s, reaching 17.9% in 1989. Black children were the most
- likely to fall into this group. In 1989 a black child had a 39.8%
- chance of living in poverty, a Native American child a 38.8%
- chance and a Hispanic child a 32.2% chance. The figure for Asian
- children was 17.1% and for white children 12.5%.
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