Ten Important Questions About Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship Brochure

From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this report offers key information on child poverty and family hardship in the United States. Authors offer information on the nature of poverty, how poverty is measured in the United States, and statistics about child poverty. Nearly 30 million children in the United States experienced poverty in 2008, and 44 percent of children under the age of six live in low-income families.