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1 Child Poverty: The United Kingdom Experience
Jane G. Mansour, MRes, Megan A. Curran, LLM, MPP  Academic Pediatrics  Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages S76-S82 (April 2016) DOI: /j.acap Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Trends in absolute poverty in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) relative to 1994 levels. As noted, the US and the UK use different definitions of income in the calculation of their absolute poverty rates. Although the 2 rates cannot be directly compared, this figure depicts the trends in each over a select period of time. US data from the US Census Bureau7; UK data from GOV.UK, United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions.8 Academic Pediatrics  , S76-S82DOI: ( /j.acap ) Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Percentage of children in relative/absolute poverty in the United Kingdom (before housing costs).8 Academic Pediatrics  , S76-S82DOI: ( /j.acap ) Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Children in relative poverty in the United Kingdom (in millions). Recreated from GOV.UK16; original from Hirsch.17 Academic Pediatrics  , S76-S82DOI: ( /j.acap ) Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions


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