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Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world
43. Childhood poverty*
Children in relative low-income households (a) before housing costs (b) after housing costs, 1990-1 to 2007-8
Childhood poverty Before housing cost since: |
1990 |
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2003 |
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| After housing cost since: |
1990 |
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2003 |
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- In 2007-8, 23 per cent of children were living in households with relative low-incomes before taking housing costs into account, down from 27 per cent in 1996-7.
- After additionally taking housing costs into account, 31 per cent of children were regarded as living in households with relative low incomes, down from 34 per cent in 1996-7.
- In terms of low income and material deprivation, there has been little change since 2004-5.
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Updated: 30 July 2009