Monday, 17 December 2012

MYTHS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY 10: “MOST FAMILIES IN POVERTY HAVE LARGE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN”

Larger families are at greater risk of poverty than families with one or two children, largely because of the extra cost of having more children entails and greater barrier to labour market participation it can create. However, it is wrong to say that having 3 or more children is the experience most common to families in poverty.

Over two thirds (68%) of children in poverty live in families with one or two children.

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