"The family is the primary transmitter of social capital – the values and character traits that enable people to seize opportunities. Family structure is a primary predictor of an individual's life chances, and family disintegration is the principal cause of the intergenerational transmission of poverty."
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Column, March 21, 2014, " Paul Ryan was right – poverty is a cultural problem" at washingtonpost.com.
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