Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Child Poverty

A situation of children (ages 0-17 inclusive) living in households with income below the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Threshold, often leading to a lack of food, sanitation, shelter, health care and education needed to survive and thrive.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A situation of children (ages 0-17 inclusive) living in households with income below the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Threshold, often leading to a lack of food, sanitation, shelter, health care and education needed to survive and thrive.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Childhood Poverty
  • Child Poverties
  • Childhood Poverties
  • Poverties, Childhood
  • Poverty, Child
  • Poverty, Childhood

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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History Note

2022

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  1. I01w.880w.735w.634w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Child Poverty. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091486. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091486
  2. Child Poverty. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_poverty
  3. Child Poverty. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1561657