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Even other SOCIALIST countries do better than this.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346943/20120530/childhood-poverty-u-s-second-highest-rate.htm
US Has Second-Highest Rate Of Childhood Poverty In Developed World, Only Romania Is Worse
By ASHLEY PORTERO: Subscribe to Ashley's RSS feed
May 30, 2012 12:59 PM EDT
The United States has the second-highest rate of childhood poverty in the developed world, according to a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which concluded that nations with comprehensive government programs designed to protect vulnerable children had the lowest rates of child poverty and deprivation.
Out of the 35 wealthiest countries analyzed by UNICEF, only one, Romania, had a child poverty rate above the 23 percent rate recorded in the U.S. The rate is based on the definition of relative poverty used by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which states a child is living in poverty if he or she is growing up in a household where disposable income, when adjusted for family size and compensation, is less than 50 percent of the median disposable income for the country in question.
By this standard, more than 15 percent -- about 30 million -- of the 200 million children across the 35 countries studied are seen to be living in relative poverty.
"The data reinforces that far too many children continue to go without the basics in countries that have the means to provide," said Gordon Alexander, director of UNICEF's Office of Research. "The report also shows that some countries performed well -- when looking at what is largely pre-crisis data -- due to the social protection systems that were in place. The risk is that in the current crisis we won't see the consequences of poor decisions until much later."
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346943/20120530/childhood-poverty-u-s-second-highest-rate.htm
US Has Second-Highest Rate Of Childhood Poverty In Developed World, Only Romania Is Worse
By ASHLEY PORTERO: Subscribe to Ashley's RSS feed
May 30, 2012 12:59 PM EDT
The United States has the second-highest rate of childhood poverty in the developed world, according to a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which concluded that nations with comprehensive government programs designed to protect vulnerable children had the lowest rates of child poverty and deprivation.
Out of the 35 wealthiest countries analyzed by UNICEF, only one, Romania, had a child poverty rate above the 23 percent rate recorded in the U.S. The rate is based on the definition of relative poverty used by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which states a child is living in poverty if he or she is growing up in a household where disposable income, when adjusted for family size and compensation, is less than 50 percent of the median disposable income for the country in question.
By this standard, more than 15 percent -- about 30 million -- of the 200 million children across the 35 countries studied are seen to be living in relative poverty.
"The data reinforces that far too many children continue to go without the basics in countries that have the means to provide," said Gordon Alexander, director of UNICEF's Office of Research. "The report also shows that some countries performed well -- when looking at what is largely pre-crisis data -- due to the social protection systems that were in place. The risk is that in the current crisis we won't see the consequences of poor decisions until much later."
