NATIONAL STATISTICAL SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Geneva, 2-4 December, 2013 Gagik Gevorgyan,Gagik Gevorgyan, Member of State Council on Statistics of the Republic of Armenia Lilit Petrosyan,Lilit Petrosyan, Member of State Council on Statistics of the Republic of Armenia C HILD P OVERTY IN A RMENIA C HILD P OVERTY IN A RMENIA B ASED ON THE R ESULTS OF THE 2011 I NTEGRATED L IVING C ONDITIONS S URVEY OF H OUSEHOLDS

C HILD POVERTY R ATES, PERCENT All children of age under 18 year including Total population girlsboys Extreme poverty Total poverty

P OVERTY R ATES BY N UMBER OF CHILDREN ( OF THE AGE 0-18 YEARS ), PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Number of children (of the age 0-18 years) One Two Three or more Sex Girl Boy

P OVERTY R ATES BY A GE OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Age of the youngest child

P OVERTY R ATES BY N UMBER OF DISABLED CHILDREN, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Number of disabled children None One or more

P OVERTY R ATES BY G ENDER OF HOUSEHOLD HEAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Gender of household head Male Female

P OVERTY R ATES BY M ARITAL STATUS OF HEAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Marital status of head Married/ cohabiting Single/ widowed/ divorced

P OVERTY R ATES BY E DUCATIONAL L EVEL OF H OUSEHOLD H EAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Educational level of household head Elementary and primary Incomplete secondary Complete secondary Specialized secondary Higher

P OVERTY R ATES BY E MPLOYMENT OF H OUSEHOLD H EAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Employment of household head Not worked in the past 7 days Worked in the past 7 days

M ATERIAL D EPRIVATION Material deprivation of children in Armenia is measured as households’ lack of durable goods. The following 9 durable goods have been included in the analysis: refrigerator, washing machine, mobile telephone, vacuum cleaner, video recorder, photo camera, audio system, car, personal computer.

D URABLE G OODS L ACKED, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Refrigerator Washing machine Mobile phone Vacuum cleaner Video recorder Photo camera Audio system Car Personal computer

A VERAGE P REVALENCE W EIGHTED D EPRIVATION S CORE AND D EPRIVATION R ATES, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Average Standard deviation

H OUSING D EPRIVATION Housing problems can have an adverse impact on children’s health, safety, education and social development

H OUSING A MENITIES L ACKING OR NOT IN W ORKING O RDER, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Centralized water supply Hot running water Flush toilet Centralized gas supply Bathtub or shower Kitchen Landline telephone

H OUSING P ROBLEMS R EPORTED, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children 1. Not enough space Noise from neighbors or outside Insufficient day light Insufficient heating Dampness Leaking roof Rotten walls and floors Rot in window frames and doors Heavy traffic Industrial pollution Frequent breakdowns of the elevator Poor water supply Poor garbage disposal Problems with using public space and yards in multifamily housing Other problems

P ERCEIVED Q UALITY OF H OUSING C ONDITIONS, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Mean (SD)0.61 (0.25)0.55 (0.22)0.44(0.19) Overcrowding rate (percent)

C HILDREN N EEDS This is another way to measure child poverty, which focuses more on the social and cultural dimensions of poverty, likely to affect children’s development more than the deprivation of objects or facilities.

U NSATISFIED N EEDS OF C HILDREN A GED B ETWEEN 6-17 BY E DUCATION L EVEL OF H OUSEHOLD H EAD, PERCENT

U NSATISFIED N EEDS OF C HILDREN A GED B ETWEEN 6-17 BY H OUSEHOLD P OVERTY L EVEL AND S OCIAL G ROUPS, PERCENT

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