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SOCIAL JUSTICE, CST AND CHILD POVERTY

SOCIAL JUSTICE, CST AND CHILD POVERTY. HUMAN DIGNITY RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIE HUMAN EQUALITY PREFERENTIAL PROTECTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE PARTICIPATION SOLIDARITY UNIVERSAL DESTINATION OF GOODS (SOURCE: CARITAS). CST – SELECTED KEY PRINCIPLES. CST PRINCIPLES

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SOCIAL JUSTICE, CST AND CHILD POVERTY

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  1. SOCIAL JUSTICE, CST AND CHILD POVERTY

  2. HUMAN DIGNITY RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIE HUMAN EQUALITY PREFERENTIAL PROTECTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE PARTICIPATION SOLIDARITY UNIVERSAL DESTINATION OF GOODS (SOURCE: CARITAS) CST – SELECTED KEY PRINCIPLES

  3. CST PRINCIPLES • SPECIAL AND PARTICULAR PLACE OF CHILDREN • CHOICE • OPPORTUNITY • RESPONSIBILITY – SHARED AND INDIVIDUAL • NOW AND THE FUTURE WHY FOCUS ON CHILDREN ?

  4. CHANGES IN INCOME BY DECILE 1988-2004 (PERRY 2013)

  5. CHILD POVERTY OCCURS WHEN, BECAUSE OF THEIR PARENT/S’ (OR CARER/S’) FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CHILDREN ARE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES REGARDED AS NORMAL FOR CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY ARE THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE DEPRIVATION OF THE MATERIAL RESOURCES AND INCOME THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO DEVELOP AND THRIVE, LEAVING SUCH CHILDREN UNABLE TO ENJOY THEIR RIGHTS, ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND PARTICIPATE AS FULL AND EQUAL MEMBERS OF NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY (EAG, 2012) CHILD POVERTY : A WORKING DEFINITION - RELATIVE

  6. INCOME : BELOW 60% MEDIAN, ADJUSTED FOR HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSING COSTS • LIVING STANDARDS (ACROSS THE POPULATION) – OWNERSHIP, PARTICIPATION, ECONOMISING, SELF ASSESSMENT • HARDSHIP SCALE : SEVERE HARDSHIP  VERY GOOD MEASURING CHILD POVERTY – TWO APPROACHES

  7. Numbers of poor children in New Zealand (ie the number of children in households with incomes below the selected thresholds)

  8. Poverty risk for different household groups (PERRY, 2013)

  9. Deprivation rates for children relative to overall population deprivation rate EU-25 - MT + NO + IS +NZ (EU 2007, NZ 2008)

  10. Living Standards and Presence of Children (2008)

  11. BENEFITS AND EARNINGS

  12. BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS • ETHNICITY – PAKEHA HIGHEST NUMBER, BUT MAORI, PASIFIKA OVER-REPRESENTED • 33% MAORI PERSISTENT POVERTY COMPARED WITH 15% OF OTHER CHILDREN • 2007-11, ON AVERAGE 1/3 MAORI CHILDREN, ¼ PASIFIKA, 1/6 PAKEHA INPOVERTY • CHILDREN IN LARGER FAMILIES : 28% 3 OR MORE CHILDREN HOUSEHOLDS, 18% LESS THAN 3 • 2/5 CHILDREN IN POVERTY IN HOUSEHOLDS IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT WHICH CHILDREN

  13. Hardship rates by ethnicity and family income source: children (aged 0-17 years), LSS 2008

  14. 1.4 TIMES HIGHER RISK OF DYING DURING CHILDHOOD MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SICK OVER TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT LEAST 1.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALISED LESS LIKELY TO HAVE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES MORE LIKELY TO SKIP BREAKFAST AND TO CONSUME FAST FOOD REGULARLY HOSPITALISED AT A 5.6 TIMES HIGHER RATE FOR INJURIES FROM ASSAULT, NEGLECT OR MALTREATMENT LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LESS LIKELY TO LEAVE SCHOOL WITH NCEA LEVEL 2 – THE ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION TO SKILLED EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS - EAG

  15. SOCIAL PARTICIPATION RECREATION HOUSING TRANSIENCE DAMP AND OVER-CROWDED HOUSING FAMILY PRESSURES OTHER EFFECTS

  16. HOUSING COSTS – ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENT CHANGES IN 2004 REDUCED POVERTY FOR BENEFIT HOUSEHOLDS WORKING FOR FAMILIES – DISCRIMINATION TAXATION WAGES AND INCOMES POLICY RESPONSES - CHOICES WE MAKE

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