Relationship breakdown and parental job losses are key triggers for children falling into poverty, new research has found. Persistent poverty was more common among children and young people living in one-parent or large families with four or more children. Maternal characteristics measured at the first interview, including low education, ethnic minority status, disability and unemployment were also strongly predictive of persistent poverty. While entering full-time work triggered children leaving poverty, taking up part-time work did not. Even children who had just a one-off experience of poverty had worse outcomes than those who had never been exposed.

Source: Irish Independent May 31, 2021 01:41 UTC