Age: Children

Age: Children

3.6 million children are in poverty today
1. 27% of children
62% of children live in a household with at least one income
16 year old's receiving free school achieve 1.7 grades lower than those who don't
2.5 times more likely to suffer from chronic illness
From 2012/13 300,000 more children will live in poverty in 2015/16
Flaherty (2004): children in poverty are more likely to have
1. Low birth weight
2. Be injured in accidents
3. Suffer abuse
4. Self-harm and attempt suicide
Townsend founded CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group)
UNICEF (2005)
1. In league table showing 26th richest countries: UK had more children in poverty
Gordon et al (2000)
1. If poverty is defined by lack one or more necessity
  1. 34% of children lacked one ore more (2000)
  2. 18% lacked two or more (2000)
Adelman (2003)
1. Parents protect their children and go out without necessities

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