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Children living in poverty / edited by Justin Healey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; Volume 371.
- Issues in Society ; Volume 371
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Social aspects.
- Poverty.
- Poverty--Social aspects--Australia.
- Poverty--Health aspects.
- Poverty--Health aspects--Australia.
- Poor children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thirroul, New South Wales : The Spinney Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Globally, 400 million children are living in extreme poverty; nearly 600,000 Australian children live in relative poverty. What are the absolute and relative measures of poverty and deprivation for children in developing and developed countries? How does poverty impact children's health, development and wellbeing? How can impoverished children be given a better chance in life? The prevalence and problems of child poverty are explored from a global and Australian perspective.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Global child poverty
- Chapter 2. Child poverty in Australia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-922084-43-3
- OCLC:
- 870131816
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