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Review
. 2019:57:1-25.
doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2019.05.002. Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Child development at the intersection of race and SES: An overview

Daphne A Henry  1 , Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal  2 , Portia Miller  2
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Child development at the intersection of race and SES: An overview

Daphne A Henry et al. Adv Child Dev Behav. 2019.

Abstract

Racial/ethnic disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) persist in the United States. These disparities perpetuate the intergenerational transmission of inequality. Although families of color vary significantly in socioeconomic standing and evidence suggests the links between SES and child development may differ by race/ethnicity, we know relatively little about how race and SES interact to shape children's social contexts and developmental outcomes. This chapter draws theoretical insights from sociocultural perspectives on development and intersectionality theory to understand how and why family life and child development may play out in complex ways at the nexus of race and SES.

Keywords: Child development; Culture; Intersectionality; Race/ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Stress.

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