Race and ethnicity

Gender

Socioeconomic status

Disability

Lower educational attainment

Increased risk of poverty in adulthood

Better health outcomes

Higher rates of incarceration

Children from racial and ethnic minority groups experience greater inequality than their white counterparts.

Children from racial and ethnic minority groups experience less inequality than their white counterparts.

Race and ethnicity have no impact on childhood inequality.

The relationship between race and ethnicity and childhood inequality is unclear.

Education can help reduce childhood inequality by providing equal opportunities for all children.

Education can help perpetuate childhood inequality by reinforcing existing social hierarchies.

Education has no impact on childhood inequality.

The role of education in addressing childhood inequality is unclear.

Universal access to quality early childhood education

School vouchers

Tax cuts for wealthy families

Deregulation of the financial industry

Poverty can lead to developmental delays and health problems.

Poverty has no impact on childhood development.

Poverty can lead to improved cognitive abilities.

The impact of poverty on childhood development is unclear.

Intersectionality recognizes that different forms of inequality, such as race, gender, and class, intersect and compound each other.

Intersectionality focuses solely on the experiences of one particular group.

Intersectionality is not relevant to the study of childhood inequality.

The concept of intersectionality is outdated.

Social policies can help reduce childhood inequality by providing support to families and children.

Social policies can help perpetuate childhood inequality by creating barriers for certain groups.

Social policies have no impact on childhood inequality.

The role of social policies in addressing childhood inequality is unclear.

Social mobility refers to the ability of individuals to move between different social classes.

Social mobility is unrelated to childhood inequality.

Social mobility is the same as childhood inequality.

The concept of social mobility is outdated.

Childhood inequality can lead to lower educational attainment, lower income, and poorer health in adulthood.

Childhood inequality has no impact on adult outcomes.

Childhood inequality can lead to higher educational attainment, higher income, and better health in adulthood.

The impact of childhood inequality on adult outcomes is unclear.

Relative deprivation refers to the perception that one is worse off than others in society.

Relative deprivation is unrelated to childhood inequality.

Relative deprivation is the same as childhood inequality.

The concept of relative deprivation is outdated.

Culture can influence the way that childhood inequality is experienced and understood.

Culture has no impact on childhood inequality.

Culture is the sole determinant of childhood inequality.

The role of culture in shaping childhood inequality is unclear.

Structural inequality refers to the ways in which social institutions and structures create and perpetuate inequality.

Structural inequality is unrelated to childhood inequality.

Structural inequality is the same as childhood inequality.

The concept of structural inequality is outdated.

Intergenerational transmission of inequality refers to the ways in which inequality is passed down from one generation to the next.

Intergenerational transmission of inequality is unrelated to childhood inequality.

Intergenerational transmission of inequality is the same as childhood inequality.

The concept of intergenerational transmission of inequality is outdated.