- Child poverty: study shows fifth of UK youngsters severely affected, By Jessica Shepherd, October 15, 2010, The Guardian: “A fifth of seven-year-olds in the UK live in ‘severe poverty’ with both parents together earning less than half the average national income, a major report reveals. The government-sponsored Millennium Cohort Study has tracked 14,000 children born at the start of the century to build a picture of how family circumstances determine a young person’s education, health and happiness in Britain. The latest findings are from two years ago, when the children were seven years old…”
- One in three children in Wales live below poverty line, October 15, 2010, BBC News: “Researchers found one in three Welsh seven-year-olds live in a family with less than 60% of the UK’s average household income. But most youngsters are thought to be in excellent health with many friends. The assembly government said tackling child poverty is a ‘top priority’. The research was carried out by the Institute of Education at the University of London and involved a survey of 14,000 children born between 2000 and 2002 from across the UK…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty