Arts-rich communities have 18% less serious crime and 14% fewer reports of abuse and neglect.
A NY study shows that lower-income neighborhoods with higher cultural assets show less child abuse and neglect investigations (14%), obesity (5%), and serious crime (18%). Kids from those communities also scored 18% higher in English Language Arts and Math exams than their peers.
Social Impact of the Arts Project. (2017, February). Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City: Highlights of a two-year research project [Electronic version]. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 27 February 2018 from repository.upenn.edu/siap_culture_nyc
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