CHILD

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POVERTY
CHILD
By Jonathan Kirsty
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• Poverty is when humans cannot afford the basic
  standards of living, for example
• - maintaining a healthy diet
• -participating in social activities
• -clean and spacious housing (1.6 million
  children in Britain live in housing that is
  overcrowded, temporary, or run-down)

POVERTY
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Facts Relating Child Poverty

• There are currently 3.9 million children
• living in poverty in the UK,
• thats almost a third of all children.

• One third of British children are forced to go
  without at least one of the things they need,
  such as three meals a day or adequate clothing.
• Poor children are only a third as likely to get 5
  GCSEs at A to C than those from richer
  backgrounds.

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• Health children living in cramped accommodation
  experience disturbed sleep, poor diet, higher
  rates of accidents and infectious disease
• Education children from homeless households are
  more likely to suffer from bullying, unhappiness
  and stigmatisation
• Emotional well-being about half of the families
  taking part in one study conducted by Shelter
  said their children were frightened, insecure, or
  worried about the future as a result of their
  homelessness
• Life chances The health and educational impact
  of poor housing may affect childrens future job
  prospects and financial well-being.

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