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Children’s performance at school is more dependent on the area in which they grow up than parental income, a new study suggests.
一項新研究證明，兒童在學校裏的學習成績更容易受成長環境的影響，而不是受父母收入的影響。

The Social Market Foundation has found that location is now a much bigger influence on children’s achievement than it was for previous generations.
社會市場基金會發現，成長環境對兒童的學業成績有着非常大的影響力，重要性遠大於父母對兒童的影響力。

Researchers examined test results of youngsters born in 1970 and 2000 and found regional differences have become much greater over the last 30 years.
研究者調查了出生在1970年和2000年的人羣學業成績，發現在過去的30年中，區域差異的重要性尤爲突出。

The study found that social background had a bigger impact on achievement than location in 1970 in comparison with today.
研究人員發現，相較於當下，1970年的時候，社會背景的影響力高於兒童的成長環境。

The research found that in 2013-14, 70 per cent of 16-year-olds in London gained five good GCSEs compared with 63 per cent in Yorkshire and Humber, with such inequalities persisting - and in some cases worsening - over the past three decades.
研究人員發現，在2013-2014年之間，居住在倫敦的16歲上下的青少年中，有70%在五門中學會考中獲得高分。而在約克郡和亨伯則只有63%，這種學科成績上的差距在過去30年間一直頑存——在某些年份中差距甚至更大。

Family background and income remain important, but the study suggests that ‘the geographic area a child comes from has become a more powerful predictive factor’.
家庭背景和家庭收入仍然是很重要的因素，但與此同時，研究表明“兒童成長的地理位置已經成爲更具影響性的先決因素。”