Witter, Sophie (2004) Developing a framework for monitoring child poverty: results from a study in Uganda. Children and Society, 18 (1). pp. 3-15. ISSN 0951-0605Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
In 2002 Save the Children UK carried out a study of child poverty in Uganda, as part of the on-going Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Programme. Using participants from all regions of the country, the researchers asked children about their perceptions of poverty and anti-poverty strategies, as well as questioning adult key informants about trends in child poverty, vulnerable groups and the effectiveness of government policies in tackling child poverty. This article reports on one aspect of the study, looking at the different indicators that children use to assess poverty, and comparing these with official poverty monitoring indicators. It finds that while some areas—notably, health, education and water and sanitation—are well documented, others, which may be as, or more significant to children's welfare, such as child abuse or quality of parental care, are almost totally neglected. A more holistic framework for assessing child poverty is proposed.
|Divisions:||School of Health Sciences > The Institute for International Health and Development|
|Date Deposited:||11 Jun 2012 14:37|
|Last Modified:||23 Mar 2015 10:36|
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