Monday 30 May 2016

Child poverty: the real cause

 

The latest NZ study on child poverty has formed a strong conclusion based upon a strong correlation between child poverty and …. well, guess for yourself what is the most strongly correlated with child poverty (as measured in a relative sense). Is it:

1. Unemployment; or
2. Uncaring governments spending too litle on benefits; or
3. Parents spending too much on drink and smokes; or
4. Single-parent families.

If you picked number 4, then give yourself a big tick. The strongest correlation the survey found was between children in relative poverty and the lack of two parents to care for them. To put that in a positive way, the most likely indicator of children not being in poverty is marriage, or at least a stable parental relationship.

Lindsay Mitchell has all the details, just as you’d expect.

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2 comments:

socialisthashashin said...

wrong poverty equals lazy niggers

Peter Cresswell said...

Yes, readers, people like this troll actually do exist.