Powerty in China

 CHINA

The Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre(CHIP) is a collaborative research and policy programme which involves Save the Children, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) and partners in China, India, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Running from 2001 to 2005, it aims to contribute to global poverty reduction efforts.
CHIP focuses on and draws attention to the ways in which poverty affects large numbers of urban and rural children, not only particularly disadvantaged groups such as street children or child-headed households.

"Over 600 million children world-wide live in absolute poverty - an estimated 1 in 4. In many countries, rates are much higher with over 60 percent of children living in households with incomes below international poverty lines. Over 10 million children under five still die every year from preventable diseases - the vast majority of them in developing countries. As one of the most powerless groups in society, children often bear the physical and emotional costs of poverty. "  (http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/) 

CAUSES OF POVERTY IN URBAN AREAS

Family poverty impacts on children's health,wellbeing,education, and care.
Mayor causes of family poverty were: unemployment,low income,prolonged illness,low level of education,being over age,the difficult of finding employment,and the hight cost of education.

• More than half of those surveyed were unemployed.Less than 8 percent of families surveyed had members with permanent jobs, for urban poor families is difficult to access employement-based health insurance and pension ,rural -urban migrants need to pay supplementary education fees for their children.
• Workers whit low education are likely to be the first to lose their jobs,groups of little education are more prome to poverty.
• 45 % of poor families provided their childrne with "user pays"vaccination that were not covered by the state -funded immunisation plan, 27,3% has a lack of knowledge of these vaccines,20,9% are inability to pay for them,5,6% belief that there are not important and necessary.
• Parents are the first teachers of children.Gradparents provided care for their children.
•  98% of Children from poor Urban families are accessing education, 77.8 % felt because they could not afford to pay education fees.( Migrans that schools fees are heavy because they need to pay additional fees ),but the main reason of children dropping out of school were financial difficults and children's health status.
• The families with unemployment,poor health conditions,and financial difficults, have  trouble relations with their children.
• In daily life,family economising means that children's nutrition is relatively poor,and there is little money to pay for new clothes .
• Mayor causes of family poverty were: unemployment,low income,prolonged illness,low level of education,being over age,the difficult of finding employment,and the hight cost of education.            

http://www.childhoodpoverty.org