Parents from lower-income families are less likely to describe their home tap water as safe, say their water has been tested or feel confident in the quality of drinking fountain water at their child's school compared with higher income peers, a new national poll suggests.
Parents from lower-income families are less likely to describe their home tap water as safe, say their water has been tested or feel confident in the quality of drinking fountain water at their child's school compared with higher income peers, a new national poll suggests.
Two-thirds of parents from households earning over $100,000 report that both home tap water and school drinking fountains are safe for their child to drink, compared to only half of those earning under $50,000 per year, according to the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan.
The nationally-representative report is based on responses from 1,940 parents who had at least one child age 2-18 years.
"Water plays a vital role in children's health and development, Unfortunately, not all U.S. children have access to safe drinking water," says Mott Poll co-director Sarah Clark, M.P.H.
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Image Credit: The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan.
