2014 NZ Child Poverty Monitor Essay

2014 NZ Child Poverty Monitor Essay 2014 NZ Child Poverty Monitor Essay 2014 Child Poverty Monitor Tracking progress on reducing child poverty in New Zealand 260,000 Crowded homes and child poverty Children in poverty are more likely to live in crowded housing 180,000 go without need kiwi kids 24% 17% that’s LIVE IN that’s poverty the things kiwi kids they Material Hardship Income Poverty 35 out of kiwi hardest end* kids of poverty ARE AT THE children of the 10% of living in poverty live this way for many years Severe Poverty Persistent Poverty Data source – Child Poverty Monitor: 2014 Technical Report childpoverty.co.nz *this is based on the most recent available data from 2012 visit www.childpoverty.co.nz to read the full report for more information and 2014 Income Poverty Income poverty measures look at the amount of money families have to pay bills and purchase everyday essentials 60% of nz’s median income adjusted after tax for family size and type less than poverty children LIVE IN their families LIVE off that’s 260,000 kiwi kids 1 in 4 Income is after housing costs as this is a significant and fixed portion of household spending. It shows what is left for other essentials. 63+37+F 1 in 3 1 in 3 53+47+F 1 in 6 ON AVERAGE: pasifika children poverty arein BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS 53% 47% SOLE PARENT FAMILIES TWO PARENT FAMILIES *this is based on moving line poverty measures. Other data here are based on fixed line measures of poverty www.childpoverty.co.nz Data source – Child Poverty Monitor: 2014 Technical Report maori children poverty european children poverty arein children in poverty by FAMILY TYPE 37% 63% ADULTS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT arein children in poverty by household INCOME CHILDREN ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE IN POVERTY THAN THOSE AGED 65+ * 2014 Material Hardship Material hardship means kids are living in households where they go without the things most New Zealanders consider essential 180,000 go without kiwi kids regularly the things they need www.childpoverty.co.nz Data source – Child Poverty Monitor: 2014 Technical Report 17% that’s 2014 Severe Poverty 1 in 10 Children in severe poverty are living in households with both low incomes and material deprivation the things they need and their low family income means they don’t have any opportunity to change this *this is based on the most recent available data from 2012 www.childpoverty.co.nz Data source – Child Poverty Monitor: 2014 Technical Report are at the 10+90+F 10% OF CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN SEVERE POVERTY 6% severe poverty while they are going without kiwi hardest end kids of poverty * of NZ’s total population are living in 2014 Persistent Persistent Poverty Poverty Children in persistent poverty are in families with low incomes over long periods of time 35 children in families whose average income over 7 years is below the income poverty line www.childpoverty.co.nz Data source – Child Poverty Monitor: 2014 Technical Report are likely to children live this way for in poverty many years of the out of Children in persistent poverty are in families with low incomes over long periods of time Spending long periods of time in poverty from a young age makes it difficult for