A Child Is Born Into Poverty Every 43 Seconds

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The worst is, those are Hispanics and African Americans who have been at the receiving end, with around 22% and 25% respectively living in poverty. The situation is grimmer for American women and children. Researches indicate that American women are nearly 40% more vulnerable to live in poverty than their counterparts. It is appalling that a majority of adult women are still engaged for a minimum wage of just $5.15 an hour since 1997; and recent trends also indicate that even these wage rates have been moving southwards. Moreover, they just make around 77 cents, when compared to every dollar made by their male counterparts. As far as children are concerned, reports state that in the US today, a child is born into poverty every 43 seconds, and every quarter of an hour a child dies from causes related to poverty. Even then, under the Bush administration, around 19% of children living in poverty still remain deprived of insurance cover.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006, Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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