Understanding childhood deprivation in Ireland
| dc.contributor.author | Watson, Dorothy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maître, Bertrand | |
| dc.contributor.author | Whelan, Christopher T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-26T14:57:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-04-26T14:57:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-04 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-908109-11-8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/220796 | |
| dc.description | In Ireland, as in many European countries, the rate of poverty and deprivation is higher for children than it is for adults. This is important, not only because of a concern with the well-being of children but also because childhood deprivation can have long-term negative consequences that persist into adulthood. This report examines childhood deprivation in Ireland in 2009 in the context of this concern for the current well-being of children and their future prospects. There are two further policy issues that form a background to this study. The first is the concern that household level measures of poverty and deprivation may not adequately identify children who are socially excluded because of a lack of resources. The second context is the widespread acknowledgement that social exclusion is multidimensional and that addressing social exclusion will require an approach that goes beyond a focus on income alone. The goal of this report is to address five questions: 1. How much child-specific deprivation is there in Ireland and what form does it take? 2. What are the main risk factors for child-specific deprivation? 3. How well do the national measures of basic deprivation and consistent poverty identify children who are deprived? 4. How do the risk factors for child-specific deprivation differ from the risk factors for basic household-level deprivation? 5. What are the implications for policy? | en_GB |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Department of Social Protection | en_GB |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL POLICY | en_GB |
| dc.subject | POVERTY | en_GB |
| dc.subject | CHILD HEALTH SERVICE | en_GB |
| dc.title | Understanding childhood deprivation in Ireland | en_GB |
| dc.type | Report | en |
| dc.contributor.department | The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) | en_GB |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-22T16:39:19Z |
