Economic status: middle class and poor children's views

Weinger, Susan

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“…a lack of available jobs). Likewise, Short (1991) found a similar result with younger British children in that those from middle-class backgrounds were more likely to think that income differences were legitimate, while Weinger (2000) also reported in the USA that middle-class children aged 5-14 viewed poor people in more negative terms and were more likely to blame them for their economic situation.…”

Section: Children's Perceptions Of Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 73%

“…in Hakovirta and Kallio 2016). As Weinger (2000) suggests, asking such questions may let children be more open and expressive, but children's views about other people may not necessarily correspond to those concerning their own situation. In comparison, as described in more detail below, we asked questions about inequality with reference to the children themselves.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘It’s Not Something I Can Change…’: Children’s perceptions of inequality and their agency in relation to their occupational choices

Kim

Gewirtz

2019

Child Ind Res

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Despite the increasing recognition of the significance of children's own perceptions of inequality and critical theorisations of, and much research on, the impact of inequality on human agency, there is a lack of empirical evidence on the impact of inequality on children's agency. This paper contributes to addressing this gap by exploring how children's perceptions of inequality impinge upon their perceptions of the efficacy of their agency with regard to their occupational choices. It uses questionnaire data from a sample of 862 South Korean school children aged 10-18 from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and follow-up semi-structured interviews with 42 selected children. The findings suggest that, while most of the children held meritocratic beliefs about academic and economic inequalities, some subtle but significant relationships existed between the children's perceptions of inequality, their socioeconomic status and their perceptions of their agency. The older children were significantly more likely both to be aware of their relative academic and economic positions and to have given up a desired occupation in response to their perceptions of the inefficacy of their agency. Across the sample as a whole, in the processes by which the children adjusted their future occupational ambitions, while their socioeconomic status (especially in terms of the father's occupation) had a significant impact, the children's awareness of their relative positions, especially their economic position, showed a more pervasive and significant relationship with their likelihood of having given up a desired occupation due to having perceived the inefficacy of their agency.

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Section: Children's Perceptions Of Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 73%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘It’s Not Something I Can Change…’: Children’s perceptions of inequality and their agency in relation to their occupational choices

Kim

Gewirtz

2019

Child Ind Res

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“…Asking about poverty, however obliquely, presents specific methodological and ethical problems (Attree, 2006; Sutton and others, 2007; Weinger, 2000; Willow, 2001). These reflect the power that poverty has to homogenise — obscuring subtle differences between children’s understandings and experiences — and to stigmatise.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Boyden and others (2003) also note that ‘the fact that children are so sensitive to the pressures and opinions of their peers helps to explain why they experience the humiliation of poverty far more deeply than adults generally assume’. This can lead to children blaming their parents or themselves for their poverty (Willow, 2001) and internalising negative stereotypes that increase their sense of isolation (Fortier, 2006; Weinger, 2000; Witter and Bukokhe, 2004).…”

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‘Stew Without Bread or Bread Without Stew’: Children’s Understandings of Poverty in Ethiopia

Camfield

2010

Children & Society

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This paper explores children's understandings of poverty, ill-being and well-being in Ethiopia using data collected through group exercises with children aged 5-6 and 11-13 participating in Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty. In some respects the characteristics of poverty reported by children resemble those reported by adults participating in similar exercises. However, the children's addition of appearance and clothing, and their explanations of the reasoning behind the importance of these indicators of well-being reflect growing inequalities in Ethiopia, where experiences of relative poverty and social exclusion are increasingly common. This evidence argues for broadening the focus of child poverty reduction to include the psychosocial costs of lacking the culturally specific resources required for full participation in society. The paper also illustrates ways in which poverty can be explored by asking about ill-being and that children as young as five years are able to address these themes through well-designed research methods. Ó

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“…Children's perspectives are used to identify the most important issues the children themselves associate with economic disadvantage (Ridge, 2002;van der Hoek, 2005). Children's perspectives are also used to inform on the longterm impacts of early socialization of children into socially stratified societies (Backett-Milburn et al, 2003;Sutton et al, 2007;Weinger, 2000). They show school as an important setting for poorer children's social engagement and the positive effects of some policies, such as school uniforms, which tend to reduce the impact of economic differences between children (Ridge, 2002;Roker, 1998;Wikeley et al, 2007).…”

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Children’s Perspectives on Economic Adversity

2008

Innocenti Discussion Papers

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This paper reviews some of the recent qualitative literature on children's perspectives on economic disadvantage. The idea of asking people who experience disadvantage about their own situations is still a relatively new one in the social sciences, and the idea of asking children about their own perceptions of economic ii The Discussion Papers are signed pieces by researchers on current topics in social and economic policy. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the policies or the views of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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Economic status: middle class and poor children's views

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‘It’s Not Something I Can Change…’: Children’s perceptions of inequality and their agency in relation to their occupational choices

‘It’s Not Something I Can Change…’: Children’s perceptions of inequality and their agency in relation to their occupational choices

‘Stew Without Bread or Bread Without Stew’: Children’s Understandings of Poverty in Ethiopia

Children’s Perspectives on Economic Adversity

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