deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal …

. And with a relatively young population, the poverty situation concerns largely children who are at the critical stages of … their physical, mental, and social development. This report provides a comprehensive profile of children who are living in … that in 2009, 13.4 million or over a third of all children aged below 18 are living below the poverty line. Both the …

covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that …