The extent and risk factors of child poverty in urban China — What can be done for realising the Chinese government goal of eradicating poverty before 2020

Di Qi and Yichao Wu

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 63, issue C, 74-82

Abstract: This paper examined the extent of child poverty in urban China, and how the structural and individual risk factors impact on child poverty in urban China using China Health and Nutrition Survey data. Child poverty is measured using a multidimensional deprivation approach. Eight dimensions that are indicative of children's basic rights as ratified in UNCRC (1989) are used to identify poor children, including nutrition, water, sanitation, health, education, information, participation and protection. The empirical results show that the hukou type of the family and parents' work units as the structural risk factors exerted the greatest influences on child poverty in urban China. These structural barriers for realising children's basic rights should be removed in order to achieve the Chinese government political goal of eradicating poverty in China in the next five years before 2020.

Keywords: Child poverty; Multidimensional deprivation; Hukou type; Work units; Structural factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.015

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