While ACEs occur in all income groups, some stressors such as community violence and food insecurity are acute for families living in poverty and contribute to ACEs.
Nearly 800 Baltimore school children were followed in a ground-breaking study for a quarter of a century. The conclusion: their fates were substantially determined by the economic status of the family they were born into. Through repeated interviews with the children and their parents and teachers, the research team observed the group as its members made their way through elementary, middle and high school, joined the work force and started families.
In a groundbreaking study, Johns Hopkins University researchers followed nearly 800 Baltimore school children for a quarter of a century and discovered that their fates were substantially determined by the family they were born into.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140602115517.htm
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