Child Poverty in 6 CEE/CIS Countries International Society for Child Indicators 3 rd International Conference Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw University of York, UK July Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 28 July 2011
Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS 2 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 28 July 2011 BIH SERBIA KOSOVO GEORGIA ARMENIA KYRGYZSTAN
Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS 3 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 28 July 2011 Data sourcePPP (US$)Survey nHouseholds with children ArmeniaILCS BiHHBS GeorgiaLSMS KosovoHBS KyrgyzstanHBS SerbiaLSMS
Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS POVERTY THRESHOLDS National food poverty line: amount needed to buy enough food to provide an adult with a specified calorific intake National total poverty line: amount to meet food requirement plus additional needs World Bank poverty thresholds: $2.15 a day (absolute) and $4.30 (vulnerable) Minimum budget base: e.g. NIBUD (Netherlands) $28 a day in PPP Relative poverty line: e.g. 60% median income (EU) or 50% median income (OECD) 4 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 28 July 2011
Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 5 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS
DIMENSIONS OF DEPRIVATION Mexico: education gap, access to health services, access to social security, quality & size of dwelling, access to basic services, access to food (CONEVAL, 2010) Bhutan: includes access to roads & land ownership for rural areas (Santos & Ura, 2008) Multi-dimensional poverty index (MPI) for developing countries: nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling, children enrolled, cooking fuel, sanitation, water, electricity, floor, assets (Alkire & Santos, 2010) 6 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 28 July 2011
Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 7 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS % OF ALL CHILDREN LIVING IN HOUSEHOLDS LACKING DURABLE GOODS
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 8 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS Overlapping poverty thresholds and number of durable items lacked in Armenia
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 9 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS Summary statistics for material deprivation
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 10 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS Material deprivation and household consumption
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 11 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS Child poverty rates calculated using new integrated poverty line
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 12 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS Truly poor: Households falling below the consumption and the material deprivation thresholds. Vulnerable to poverty: Households falling below the consumption threshold. Although they do not fall below the material deprivation threshold, their consumption is below the median level of households that are materially poor. Poor only on consumption definition: Households falling below the consumption threshold. They do not fall below the material deprivation threshold and their consumption is not below the median level of households that are materially poor. Poor only on material deprivation definition: Households below the threshold for material deprivation. Although above the consumption threshold, they do not have higher consumption than the median of households that are not materially poor. Rising out of poverty: Households below the threshold for material deprivation. They are above the consumption threshold and have higher consumption than the median of households that are not materially poor. Not poor: Households above both the consumption and the material deprivation thresholds. Categories of poverty
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 13 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS
28 July 2011 Meg Huby & Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York 14 Child Poverty in CEE and the CIS