Table 4.

Demographic, Labor Market, and Government Impacts on Changes in Child Poverty Rates: Countries Experiencing an Increase of 1 Percentage Point or Greater in Child Poverty During the 1990s

	West Germany (1989, 2000)	Italy (1991, 2000)	Hungary (1991, 1999)
1. Child Poverty Rate Based on Fixed Line
T based on T – 10 poverty line	7.8	18.1	20.4
T – 10	4.1	14.0	6.9
Change	3.7	4.1	13.5
2. Contribution to Change in Child Poverty Rate
Demographic factors	−0.2	−1.0	−1.5
Average age of parents	−0.6	0.0	0.0
Education of parents	−0.2	−0.4	−0.4
Number of children	0.0	−0.6	−0.2
Single parent	0.6	0.0	−0.9
Labor market factors	0.6	1.6	13.7
Proportion with fathers working	0.3	0.3	0.8
Proportion with mothers working	−0.7	−1.1	0.8
Annual earnings of father	1.1	2.2	10.3
Annual earnings of mother	−0.1	0.2	1.7
Government transfers	1.2	1.4	4.8
Residual	2.1	2.1	−3.5

Source: Derivations by the authors using LIS data and methods described in the text.