Family Policies and Child Poverty in the Nordic Countries

Family Policies and Child Poverty in the Nordic Countries

Conference on Child and Family Welfare Nordic Council of Ministers 5 September 2014 Rekjavik, Iceland

Tapio Salonen Professor, Social Work Malm? University, Sweden

tapio.salonen@mah.se

Research of Child Poverty in Affluent Welfare States

? From "becoming" to "being" ? from a potential adult in future to a human being with rights here and now

? Relative understanding, regarding norms and values ? Multidimensional ? Dynamic ? Children's own perspectives

Definitions of Child Poverty.

Risk-of-poverty among families with children in The Nordic countries and UK 2004-2012.

Risk-of-poverty = 60 % of median income

Source: Fl?tten et.al. 2014

Risk-of-poverty in Nordic countries 2012.

Risk-of-poverty = 60 % of median income

Source: Eurostat 2014.

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