Child Poverty by Country

[n2doc]

But hey, we need to cut more! Maybe we can shoot for #1 USA USA USA!

[etherealtruth]

1. It felt wrong clicking "like"

I do not "like" this, i am ashamed of my country!

Thank you for posting this

[Warpy]

21. Yes, there's no "outrageous!" button to click

Sending this to the top of the greatest page will have to do, educate as many people as possible.

This is what a 33 year long conservative attack on labor looks like and it is shameful.

And now they have the unmitigated gall to say that American kids aren't good enough to hire, so they have to go offshore!!

To hell with the lot of them, as soon as possible please.

[RKP5637]

2. Show this to most Americans and all you'll get is a DUH! n/t

[DreamGypsy]

3. If you want to see the full UNICEF report card for 2012...

...you can get the pdf here: http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc10_eng.pdf

The graphic above is based on the corresponding 2011 report. The 2012 report has similar graphs and statistics, but doesn't have the same presentation.

Just in case you were wondering, Romania and the US maintain their positions at the top (ie. high percentages) with the 2011 data, but Romania increases to 25.5% while US stays at 21.2%. Bulgaria (not on the graphic) comes in between Latvia and Spain.

Lots of other statistics and analysis in the full report as well.

[ekelly]

16. The before and after tax graphs are quite interesting n/t

[steve2470]

4. The kids need to lift themselves up by their bootstraps

[indepat]

5. Oh the fruits of a right-wing soused society with mushrooming income and wealth inequity driven

in no small part by successive administrations which have promoted the welfare of the uber-wealthy, large corporations, and oligarchs to the detriment of every one else: to wit, the antithesis of having promoted the general welfare.

[moondust]

6. The "richest country in the world"?

Right.

[magellan]

7. Bested by Romania for the #1 spot

Better luck next time, USA.

[undeterred]

8. Wow, no African countries even made the list!

What kind of amazing world view is that!!!

[etherealtruth]

10. It is a ranking of "rich" countries

Sadly, few on the African continent rise to the level of rich country

[JI7]

12. but isn't it something that we always have to compare ourselves to the far poorer nations

to show how much better we are .

[etherealtruth]

13. It is such a sad commentary

... on our national priorities

[Mark Baker]

24. They might not anyway

This is based on the percentage in families with less than half the median income. African countries have such a low median income that they probably don't do that badly in measures of relative poverty like this.

[TheMadMonk]

17. That's becasue this is a list of "wealthy" countries.

And we've made damned sure that there are none of those in Africa.

[Triana]

9. Exactly what I posted about here - that UNICEF report

My post from earlier: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022662389

Here's a link to the Salon article about the report: http://www.salon.com/2013/04/12/us_ranks_near_bottom_of_unicef_report_on_child_well_being/

[PA Democrat]

11. This is shameful.

With any additional cuts to the social safety net we'll be number one.

[OhioChick]

14. Pathetic n/t

[Skittles]

20. we need to send more jobs offshore, OhioChick!!!

we're still not number one on that chart!

[OhioChick]

27. We very well may be #1 on that chart

You'll never see such a chart, though.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. I just drove around the inner city of Baltimore tonight

and you will see real child poverty. However, we see poverty in the rural areas of the US too.

[defacto7]

18. And there you have it.

What else is there to say?

Too much to say.

[cvoogt]

19. "WE" are not rich.

The corporations & 2% are. The rest are either doing just OK, barely getting by, or not getting by. Sure, the US as a whole has loads of money, but it's not equitably distributed.

[JDPriestly]

22. Sickening!

I wonder what the Fix the Debt commission would say to that.

[RyanThomas]

23. I figured...

That if I ever had to leave America for some reason I would go to Finland. You can see why from that. Low child poverty, best education system in the west, and pretty good medical care. It was at the time when Mitt was running, I figured America as we know it would die if he won anyway so I could leave with a clear conscious. Anyway, I'm sure the Right Wing will then blame it on the minorities, that's what they generally do when confronted by the US failing on an issue. All the fault of the black and/or hispanic people who have the nerve to want to have the same rights and opportunities as other Citizens instead of quietly submitting to a second-class position in American Society.

[tblue37]

25. We're not quite #1 yet, but Republicans and corporatist

Democrats are working hard to improve our ranking.

[On the Road]

26. Is That Chart Saying That 76.9% of American Children 0-17

live in households whose income is more than 50% of the US median? Seems high.

[Taitertots]

28. Child poverty is a huge problem in America, but the chart is misleading

There is a massive disparity in national median income between the nations listed. Using PPP of the US national median income would give a better comparison.

All the poor nations that surround the areas covered are ignored. Bulgaria? Croatia? Serbia? Moldova? Albania?....

[Progressive dog]

29. 16 million or 22% children in poverty per US poverty index

"The official poverty measure is a specific dollar amount that varies by family size but is the same across the continental U.S. According to the guidelines, the poverty level in 2008 is $21,200 a year for a family of four and $17,600 for a family of three (see table).,.....The current poverty measure was established in the 1960s and is now widely acknowledged to be flawed.2 It was based on research indicating that families spent about one-third of their incomes on food – the official poverty level was set by multiplying food costs by three."[link:http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_825.html|

[redqueen]

30. The 'moral' majority in this country only gives a shit about fetuses. nt