So what we do learn from this? At one level, not a great deal that we didn't already think we knew instinctively. And that is if you start off poor, you are more likely to be poor in later life. This study is very much one for researchers and statisticians, but the more we reflect on its findings the more we may find something to chew on when it comes to provision of services for young people.
Excellent - let's get started then. OK, well the project looked at two cohorts of teenagers from poor families using a relative definition of poverty as below 60 per cent of median income before housing costs. One group came from the 1970s, one from the 1980s, and both were tracked through to middle age using data from the National Child Development Study.
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