Material Factors

• Howard - Diet and Health: young people from poorer homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins and minerals
• Bull - 'cost of free schooling': children from poor families have to do without equipment and miss out on educational experiences
• Tanner - The cost of items like transport and uniforms place a heavy burden on poor families
• Callender and Jackson found that W/C students are more debt averse- saw debt negatively, as something to be avoided