Socioeconomic Status In Children

Something that could have a negative impact on a child's school performance is their socioeconomic status. My hypothesis is that children that come from low socioeconomic status households will have a harder time learning as well and as quickly as kids from high socioeconomic status homes. This could derive from stress at the home because of low income or the child's parents not having a high level of education. Studies have indicted that kids from low socioeconomic status develop communication and academics skills more slowly than children from high socioeconomic status (Morgan, Farkas, Hillemeier, & Maczuga, 2009). Researchers could set up a study to figure this out by gathering many children from these different socioeconomic statuses and