TY - JOUR
T1 - The cost-of-living crisis, poverty, and child maltreatment
AU - Skinner, Guy
AU - Bywaters, Paul
AU - Kennedy, Eilis
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Over 30% of children in England live in poverty. According to the Governor of the Bank of England, this figure is likely to worsen, as the current cost-of-living crisis impedes families from being able to buy essential items. For example, 2·6 million children were food insecure in April, 2022, and the Trussell Trust supplied over 2 million emergency food packages to families between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. The Resolution Foundation anticipates that a further 500000 children in the UK will fall below the UK poverty line by 2023. The number of children in out-of-home care is also increasing, with child poverty rates in 2015–20 being linked with more than 10000 additional children entering state care.
AB - Over 30% of children in England live in poverty. According to the Governor of the Bank of England, this figure is likely to worsen, as the current cost-of-living crisis impedes families from being able to buy essential items. For example, 2·6 million children were food insecure in April, 2022, and the Trussell Trust supplied over 2 million emergency food packages to families between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. The Resolution Foundation anticipates that a further 500000 children in the UK will fall below the UK poverty line by 2023. The number of children in out-of-home care is also increasing, with child poverty rates in 2015–20 being linked with more than 10000 additional children entering state care.
KW - Cost-of-living crisis
KW - Poverty
KW - Child maltreatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144589987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00252-8
DO - 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00252-8
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 5
EP - 6
JO - The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
JF - The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
SN - 2352-4642
IS - 1
ER -
