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Population Characteristics > Socioeconomic Factors > Poverty > Child Poverty
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Socioeconomic Factors > Poverty > Child Poverty
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Problems > Poverty > Child Poverty

Preferred term

Child Poverty  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Childhood Poverties
  • Childhood Poverty
  • Poverties, Childhood
  • Poverty, Childhood

Note

  • for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Scope note

  • A situation of children (ages 0-17 inclusive) living in households with income below the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Threshold, often leading to a lack of food, sanitation, shelter, health care and education needed to survive and thrive.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000091486

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