The impact of poverty

According to the report of 2013, UK child poverty is estimated to be at least 29 billion pounds per year 1. Of this, £ 20.5 billion is a direct cost to the government due to additional demand for services and benefits and a reduction in tax revenues.

By the age of 3, it is estimated that the average number of poor children is 9 months behind children with rich careers.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, it is estimated that students receiving free school meals by the end of elementary school are about 3 semesters lag behind more affluent 2.

Children born in Britain's poorest areas average 200 grams more than children born in the wealthiest region.

Children with low-income families are more likely to die from birth or infancy than children born in wealthy families.

The poor health of a lifetime may affect life expectancy. Experts average eight years longer than unskilled workers.

Children living in poverty are almost twice as likely to live in poor houses. This has a significant influence on their physical and mental health, and their educational background.

Fuel poverty also affects the adverse effects of growing children. According to a recent report, the fuel gap has increased from 256 pounds in 2004 to 402 pounds in 2009, and low-income households have to choose between food and heating.

Children of low-income households often give up on events that most of us think as commonplace. They missed school excursions, they could not invite friends to drink tea, and they could not afford a week away from home.

Studies have shown that there are more recreational areas in the poor, but their quality is usually poor. Because of the risk of vandalism, abuse of playgrounds and injury, it may hinder the use of other facilities.

(List of possibilities of poverty impact on opportunities for children's life) The importance and impact of poverty on child and adolescent results and life opportunities are basically related to the poverty agenda through ECM (Every Child Affairs) And the place where all children can achieve economic well-being is one of the five important requirements of the ECM framework, and the other is the child's health, safety, enjoyment and realization, and aggressive Contribution included. This is also to ensure that parents and carers of children and adolescents receive the necessary support to support the needs of children. Children and young people facing poverty are most likely to have at least one person, possibly a parent who lost parents.

Over the past few decades, especially in families with young children, poverty of children remained high 25, poverty affected children's education and development was limited. One reason why progress is not seen is excessive dependence on a basic model that emphasizes the direct impact of poverty, with little attention to the mechanisms that link poverty to child development. Development Systems Theory (DST) 26, 27 may be helpful in understanding the multiple mechanisms that link poverty to education and development of children. Based on ecological theory, DST summarizes interactions at multiple levels, from basic biological processes to individual, family, school, community and cultural level interactions. As with other system models, because the interaction is bidirectional, changes in one aspect of the system can affect system-wide relationships and processes.

Influence of poverty on child's development and educational results PATRICE L. ENGLEa and MAUREEN M. BLACKb