Child poverty in the UK: facts and figures

1. 1Over a quarter of children in the UK are in poverty.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2Adults are more likely to live in poverty than children under 18 years old.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3Most children live in poverty because their parents don’t work.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4Disabled children are more likely to live in poverty than children without disabilities.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5There are fewer children living in poverty now than in 1979.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6Families with three or more children are more likely to live in poverty.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7Children from poor families tend to do better at school.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
8. 8In 2012–13, Trussell Trust food banks fed almost 127,000 children in the UK.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
9. 9Children born into poor families are more likely stay poor in their adult life.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
10. 10By 2020, one in three children in the UK will be living in poverty, that’s 4.7m children.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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