Disabled UK children more likely to live in poverty

Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 05:28 in Health & Medicine

Disabled children in the UK are more likely to likely to live with low-income, deprivation, debt and poor housing. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics found that disabled children, particularly those from black/minority ethnic/mixed parentage groups and lone-parent households experience higher levels of poverty and personal and social disadvantage than other children...

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