Children under 18 in poverty (ACS) in Hawaii
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Why This Indicator Matters
Poverty and the associated financial stress can harm child development and limit learning opportunities. Research shows that families need income at least twice the poverty level to cover basic living expenses like food, housing, transportation and childcare.1 Children growing up in poverty face financial stress that affects cognitive, social, emotional and physical health.2
Definitions:
Percent of children under 18 years old in families with incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level
Data Source:
U.S. Census Bureau, (various years), American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B17024: Age by Ratio of Income to Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months - Universe: Population for whom poverty status is determined
Technical Note:
Poverty estimates from ACS should not be compared with other poverty indicators based on data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE).
The estimate for Kauai County in 2010 only offers medium reliability and should be used with caution. For more information, contact the Center on the Family.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at the footnotes below.
Footnotes:
1 National Center for Children in Poverty. “Measuring Poverty.” Accessed July 2019. Available here: http://www.nccp.org/topics/measuringpoverty.html.
2 Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne and Greg J. Duncan. 1997. “The Effects of Poverty on Children.” The Future of Children 7(2).; 1Engle, Patrice L. and Maureen M. Black. 2008. “The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1136(1): 243-256.; KIDS COUNT. 2019. “2019 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-being.” The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Available here: https://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/aecf-2019kidscountdatabook-2019.pdf.; Ratcliffe, Caroline and Signe-Mary McKerman. 2012. “Child Poverty and Its Lasting Consequences.” Washington D.C.: The Urban Institute.