Does child income poverty measure child well-being internationally?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Does child income poverty measure child well-being internationally?

AU - Bradshaw, J.

AU - Richardson, D.

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - To date the main indicator used to compare the well-being of children in industrialised countries has been the proportion of children in income poverty. This article exploits data from recent work developing indices of child well-being in EU, OECD and CEE/CIS countries to explore whether child income poverty is a good representation of a wider understanding of child well-being. Using the poverty estimates in each index, as well as more recent estimates for the European Union, we find that for OECD countries income poverty still has some explanatory power but this is not the case for EU and CEE/CIS countries.

AB - To date the main indicator used to compare the well-being of children in industrialised countries has been the proportion of children in income poverty. This article exploits data from recent work developing indices of child well-being in EU, OECD and CEE/CIS countries to explore whether child income poverty is a good representation of a wider understanding of child well-being. Using the poverty estimates in each index, as well as more recent estimates for the European Union, we find that for OECD countries income poverty still has some explanatory power but this is not the case for EU and CEE/CIS countries.

KW - child well-being

KW - social exclusion, income, poverty

KW - comparative research

U2 - 10.1017/S1474746408004478

DO - 10.1017/S1474746408004478

M3 - Article

SN - 1474-7464

VL - 7

SP - 521

EP - 536

JO - Social Policy and Society

JF - Social Policy and Society

IS - 4

ER -