Indec data show a sharp increase in deprivation and poverty among children and adolescents in a single yearstrongest among those under 5 years of age.
58.4% of children under 14 live in poor families and represent almost a third of the total number of poor people in the entire country. There are 6.4 million poor children. It represents an increase of 4.2 points compared to 54.2% in the second half of 2022.
If we consider up to 17 years of age, poverty is divided into 58% for children under 5 years of age (compared to 49.9% a year ago), 57.9% between 6 and 11 years of age (56.5% in the second half of 2022) and 59.4% from 12 to 17 years old, compared to 56.3% a year ago.
Meanwhile, extreme child poverty jumped from 12% to 18.9% among children under 14. And up to the age of 17 it is divided into 17.3% among children under 5 years of age, 19.3% between 6 and 11 years of age and 19.7% between 12 and 17 years of age.
Compared to a year ago, there is a strong increase among children and adolescents. Because extreme poverty goes from 10.2% to 17.3% among children under 5 years old, from 13% to 19.3% between 6 and 11 years old and from 13 to 19.7% between 12 and 17 years.
These data, which correspond to destitution and poverty by income, show that despite social assistance, such as the AUH or the Food Card, destitution and poverty hit children and adolescents hardest. If you take into account housing conditions, access to education or healthcare, the numbers are even more shocking.
Source: Clarin
