Low Standards Of Child Well-being Linked To Greater Income Inequality

Improvements in child wellbeing in rich countries might depend more on reductions in income inequality rather than further economic growth, according to a study published today on bmj.com. Poorer children fare less well than richer ones in each society. But a recent UNICEF report detailing 40 indicators of child wellbeing, said children in the UK and the USA fared worse than in any of the other rich countries. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pediatrics on November 20th, 2007