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Research ArticleIV. The Prison as Poverty Institution
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Severe Deprivation and System Inclusion Among Children of Incarcerated Parents in the United States After the Great Recession

Bryan L. Sykes, Becky Pettit
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2015, 1 (2) 108-132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.2.06
Bryan L. Sykes
aAssistant professor, 3317 Social Ecology II, Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine
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Becky Pettit
bProfessor of sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
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    Racial and Educational Differences in the Percentage of Minor Children Living in Poverty and in Working Poor Households, by Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    Percentage of Children Experiencing Material Hardship, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    Percentage of Children with Unmet and Delayed Health Needs, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    Average Number of Health Services Utilized, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    Average Number of Residential Moves Among American Children, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    Percentage of Minor Children Enrolled in At Least One Public Assistance Program, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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    The Average Number of Public Assistance Programs with Minor Children Enrolled, by Race and Parental Incarceration Status, 2011–2012

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Bryan L. Sykes, Becky Pettit
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (2) 108-132; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.2.06

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Bryan L. Sykes, Becky Pettit
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (2) 108-132; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.2.06
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    • POVERTY, MATERIAL HARDSHIP, AND CHILDHOOD DISADVANTAGE
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    • SEVERE DEPRIVATION AMONG AMERICAN CHILDREN
    • SYSTEM INCLUSION AMONG THE DISADVANTAGED
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