Comprehensive social protection systems are critical in supporting children and families. Social protection prevents families from falling into poverty and helps them avoid negative coping strategies by increasing access to a range of services, especially for the poorest, including in crisis contexts.
Child poverty can be measured using monetary and multidimensional approaches, and both measurements are required under SDG monitoring.
Monetary measures count children as poor if they’re living in households below a set poverty line.
Multidimensional measures can provide a fuller picture of poverty as they capture non-income aspects of poverty such as malnutrition, ill health and poor living conditions
Children under 15 covered
Children under 18 covered
In 2022, this opinion survey was distributed among UNICEF Country office colleagues to gather insights into their perspectives on the future outlook of child benefits.
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