ATD Fourth World-OECD Conference on Addressing the hidden dimensions of poverty, 10 May 2019, Paris, France, More information at: https://www.oecd.org/statistics/addressing-the-hidden-dimensions-of-poverty.htm

1. POVERTY AS DEFINED BY
CHILDREN AND ELDERS:
EVIDENCE ACROSS THE OECD
Addressing the hidden dimensions of poverty
May 10, 2019
Olivier Thévenon
Social Policy Analyst
Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
OECD

2. 2
Children and the Elderly are at higher risk of
income poverty
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Children (0-17) Working age adults (18-65) Elderly (66+)
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Percentage (%) of people in income poverty, by age group, 2016-17 or latest year available

3. 3
Income poor children are than 3 times more likely than
others to experience severe material deprivation
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
All children (6-15) Income-poor children (6-15) Non-income-poor children (6-15)
Percentage of children (6- to 15-year-olds) suffering severe material deprivation, European OECD countries, 2014
Source: EU Surveys on Income and Living Conditions, 2014.

4. 4
Adolescents with lower socio-economic background
are less likely to report talking with parents
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
Fourth quartile First quartile
Percentage of 15-years old adolescent who report talking to their parents before or after school, 2015
Source: OECD 2015 PISA Surveys.

5. 5
Women older than 80 years live alone much more
than men in the same age group
Source: Source: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 5.
Proportion of persons aged 80 and over who live alone, 2015

6. 6
Poverty rates among the over-80s are much higher
for those living alone
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
%
Single living alone (↗) Single but living with other adults Partnered
Percentage of the over-80s with an equivalised income below 50% of the median
Source: Source: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 5.

7. • OECD Child Well-Being Portal: http://oe.cd/child-well-
being
• Poor children in rich countries: why we need policy
action [policy brief] [figures & data] (October 2018)
• Child poverty: Trends, determinants and policies to
tackle it [in the OECD] [in Canada] [in Korea] (October
2018)
• Early Learning matters [policy brief] [working paper]
(November 2018)
• Engaging Young Children : Lessons from Research
about Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care
(March2018)
• How can we help stop child labour?
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References / links

8. Contact details
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