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Less than half of children born into household and neighborhood poverty are ready for school at age five compared with 78 percent of their wealthier peers

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Roos, Leslie, Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, and Janelle Boram Lee. 2019. “Poverty and Early Childhood Outcomes.” Pediatrics, 143(6): 5. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/6/e20183426/tab-article-info.

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