2018 Volume 18 Pages 68-80
Several studies have identified the influence of child poverty on academic performance and self-esteem. Although some researchers indicate that child poverty has an influence on psychological development including self-esteem, the relationship between these factors has not been addressed. This study focused on the gap in the various kinds of development including self-esteem and academic performance and the correlation between them, comparing children experiencing economic poverty with those who were not. The research method involved performing a secondary analysis of data from a city not to be revealed by name, but referred to as city A. The results found that, among children in the third to six grades, children in poverty had significantly lower performance in all subject areas as well as lower results concerning psychological development and daily living skills acquisition, than their non-poverty affected counterparts. Moreover, children experiencing only poverty had difficulty with human relationships, and children in one-parent families had difficulty with self-esteem. Constructing models and multivariable analysis was necessary to identify the influences revealed in this study.
