Poor families, poor outcomes: the well-being of children and youth / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Greg J. Duncan, and Nancy Maritato -- Poverty trends / Donald J. Hernandez -- Parent absence or poverty: which matters more? / Sara S. McLanahan -- Trends in the economic well-being and life chances of America's children / Susan E. Mayer -- Effects of long-term poverty on physical health of children in the national longitudinal survey of youth / Sanders Korenman and Jane E. Miller -- Poverty and patterns of child care / NICHD Child Care Research Network -- Consequences of living in poverty for young children's cognitive and verbal ability and early school achievement / Judith R. Smith, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Pamela K. Klebanov -- Economic resources, parental practices, and children's well-being / Thomas L. Hanson, Sara McLanahan, and Elizabeth Thomsom -- Psychosocial morbidity among poor children in Ontario / Ellen L. Lipman and David R. Offord -- Family economic hardship and adolescent adjustment: mediating and moderating processes / Rand D. Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, and Glen H. Elder, Jr. -- The influence of poverty on children's classroom placement and behavior problems / Linda Pagani, Bernard Boulerice, and Richard E. Tremblay -- The role of family income and sources of income in adolescent achievement / H. Elizabeth Peters and Natalie C. Mullis -- Poverty during adolescence and subsequent educational attainment / Jay D. Teachman ... [et al.] -- Childhood poverty and adolescent schooling and fertility outcomes: reduced-form and structural estimates / Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe, and Kathryn Wilson -- Race, sex, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty / Mary Corcoran and Terry Adams -- The effects of parents' income, wealth, and attitudes on children's completed schooling and self-esteem / William Axinn, Greg J. Duncan, and Arland Thornton -- Does poverty in adolescence affect the life chances of high school graduates? / Robert M. Hauser and Megan M. Sweeney -- Income effects across the life span: integration and interpretation / Greg J. Duncan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.