- Babies from poorer families have more problems.
- They are often born too small.
- They are sometimes born too early.
- Researchers studied many births in the US.
- They compared poorer and richer families.
- The difference stayed mostly the same.
- But small babies increased for poorer families.
- A government data office may close soon.
Difficult words
- poor — not having much money or many thingspoorer
- researcher — a person who studies and checks factsResearchers
- compare — look at two things to find differencescompared
- difference — the way two things are not the same
- increase — to become larger in number or sizeincreased
- government — the group that runs a country or area
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Discussion questions
- Have you seen a small baby?
- Do you think data offices are important?
- Have you heard about studies of births before?
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