⚡A study found that children who grow up in poverty are five times more likely to be poor as young adults.

What it means

This study, published in the Australian journal The Economic Record, uses national longitudinal data to show that children who grow up in poverty are five times more likely to experience poverty themselves in their twenties and thirties compared to those who never experienced childhood poverty. The finding quantifies the strong intergenerational persistence of disadvantage in Australia, controlling for other factors.

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The claim is solid, based on a peer-reviewed paper using large-scale panel data from Australia. The Conversation article reports directly on the study's findings, sitting close to the primary source without significant distortion.

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