Table 1.
Child Poverty Rates in 12 OECD Countries During the 1990s
| Country | Year |
Child Poverty Rate |
Change in Child Poverty Rate (5) = (4) – (3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T – 10 (1) | T (2) | Year T – 10 (3) | Year T (4) | ||
| United Kingdom | 1991 | 1999 | 18.5 | 7.8 | –10.8 |
| United States | 1991 | 2000 | 24.3 | 17.0 | –7.3 |
| Norway | 1991 | 2000 | 5.2 | 2.0 | –3.2 |
| Canada | 1991 | 2000 | 15.3 | 14.0 | –1.3 |
| Sweden | 1992 | 2000 | 3.0 | 2.8 | –0.2 |
| Luxembourg | 1991 | 2000 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| Belgium | 1988 | 1997 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Netherlands | 1991 | 1999 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Finland | 1991 | 2000 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| West Germany | 1989 | 2000 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Italy | 1991 | 2000 | 14.0 | 18.1 | 4.1 |
| Hungary | 1991 | 1999 | 6.9 | 20.4 | 13.5 |
Note: Table entries are ranked by the magnitude of the percentage point change in the child poverty rate, as presented in column 5. Standard errors vary across countries and survey years, but generally the 95% interval is plus or minus 1 percentage point. T refers to the reference year of available data closest to 2000; T – 10 refers to the reference year approximately a decade earlier.
Source: Calculations by authors using data from the Luxembourg Income Study.