Cycle of poverty
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A child whose first six years are spent at the poverty line and who is born with low birth weight is considerably less likely to graduate from high school “on time” than a child who was not born with low birth weight.
20%
Louisiana residents over age 25 without a high-school diploma.
$428
The median weekly earnings of a person with no high-school diploma.
$397
The weekly earnings of a family of four living at the federal poverty level.
26
Babies born per 1,000 teenagers age 15-17 in Louisiana.
84
Babies born per 1,000 teenagers age 18-19 in Louisiana.
11.5%
Babies in Louisiana with low birth weight.
8%
Babies born in the U.S. with low birth weight.
10%
Babies born in Central and South America with low birth weight.
23%
Louisiana families with children under the age of 5 living below the federal poverty line.
SOURCE: U.S. Census; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Center for Disease Control; “Birth Weight and Income: Interactions across Generations,” 2000 by Dalton Conley and Neil Bennett
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