Abstract
Intergenerational transmission of poverty: a challenge for Poland
Highlights
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The article summarizes the findings obtained from three sources: 1) narrative interviews held twice — in 1998 and 2008 — among 90 adults belonging to the subsequent generations of a certain extended family residing in a poverty enclave; 2) 73 in-depth interviews with teenage mothers residing in poverty enclaves, 3) a quantitative survey of 500 13year-old pupils attending schools located in poverty enclaves
A deeper analysis shows that decline in poverty took place only until 2008, whereas later, there was a slow increase in poverty among the total population
Summary
Intergenerational inheritance of poverty has been neglected for many years in scientific discussions and political actions. The conviction that social classes are dead and that it is only individual’s agency which matters when it comes to attaining economic and social position has obscured the fact of creeping inheritance of social inequalities and limited advancement opportunities for those at the bottom of social ladder
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