What counts as child poverty in the UK?
Poll started 23 November 2010: What counts as child poverty in the UK? We're working with Save the Children on this, it's a tougher question than you think. The headline measure in the Child Poverty Act defines child poverty as those children in a household with under 60% of median average income. This is because some people argue that in developed countries, poverty is a relative condition. Others say no food, shelter or clothing is a better, absolute measure. Please select ALL you think count as poverty
Poll started 23 November 2010: What counts as child poverty in the UK?
We're working with Save the Children on this, it's a tougher question than you think. The headline measure in the Child Poverty Act defines child poverty as those children in a household with under 60% of median average income. This is because some people argue that in developed countries, poverty is a relative condition. Others say no food, shelter or clothing is a better, absolute measure.
Please select ALL you think count as poverty
Results
| A child sharing a room with someone of different gender |  |
2,864 votes (27 %) |
| A child without their own bed | |
8,018 votes (75 %) |
| A family income below £10,500 a year (50% of the average) | |
4,462 votes (42 %) |
| A home with no heating | |
8,071 votes (76 %) |
| A lack of food, shelter or clothing | |
10,206 votes (96 %) |
| Family income below £12,700 a year (60% of the average) | |
3,091 votes (29 %) |
| Kids that get free school meals | |
1,573 votes (15 %) |
| Kids with fewer than two pairs of shoes | |
2,214 votes (21 %) |
| No access to school trips (though often schools will subsidise) | |
2,562 votes (24 %) |
| No annual holiday | |
1,255 votes (12 %) |
| No laptop or internet access | |
1,004 votes (9 %) |
| No TV | |
2,026 votes (19 %) |
| Parents can’t afford to save £10+ a month for rainy days/retirement | |
2,947 votes (28 %) |
| Parents regularly behind with paying household bills | |
3,406 votes (32 %) |
10,661 people have selected 53,699 options (percentages are the number who voted for that topic of the total people who have voted, so won't add up to 100%).
We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.
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