how social environments affect a child's outcome
The studies indicated clearly that money makes a difference to childrenâs outcomes. Less well-off children have worse cognitive, social-behavioural and health outcomes in part because they are poorer, not just because low income is correlated with other household and parental characteristics. Money in early childhood makes most difference to cognitive outcomes, while in later childhood and adolescence it makes more difference to social and behavioural outcomes. 2  Longer-term poverty affects childrenâs outcomes more severely than short-term poverty.