1. 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

2. C HILD POVERTY R ATES, PERCENT All children of age under 18 year including Total population girlsboys Extreme poverty4.7 3.7 Total poverty41.942.941.135.0

3. 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) One3.032.8 Two3.639.2 Three or more8.856.8 Sex Girl4.742.9 Boy4.741.1

4. P OVERTY R ATES BY A GE OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Age of the youngest child 0-54.746.9 6-145.138.5 15-183.135.8

5. P OVERTY R ATES BY N UMBER OF DISABLED CHILDREN, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Number of disabled children None4.741.7 One or more8.464.8

6. P OVERTY R ATES BY G ENDER OF HOUSEHOLD HEAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Gender of household head Male4.742.1 Female5.944.3

7. P OVERTY R ATES BY M ARITAL STATUS OF HEAD, PERCENT Child poverty rate (extreme) Child poverty rate Marital status of head Married/ cohabiting4.941.2 Single/ widowed/ divorced 5.446.0

8. 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 primary6.658.1 Incomplete secondary5.348.8 Complete secondary6.348.2 Specialized secondary4.240.4 Higher2.222.9

9. 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 7.348.2 Worked in the past 7 days 2.536.7

10. 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.

11. D URABLE G OODS L ACKED, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Refrigerator 4.97.619.2 Washing machine 9.215.634.0 Mobile phone 1.73.411.7 Vacuum cleaner 33.143.868.1 Video recorder 46.255.876.1 Photo camera 60.973.188.1 Audio system 58.866.378.2 Car 73.485.394.1 Personal computer 67.582.390.8

12. A VERAGE P REVALENCE W EIGHTED D EPRIVATION S CORE AND D EPRIVATION R ATES, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Average 10.813.720.4 Standard deviation 7.78.510

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

14. H OUSING A MENITIES L ACKING OR NOT IN W ORKING O RDER, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children Centralized water supply4.75.61.7 Hot running water45.958.075.4 Flush toilet32.634.616.6 Centralized gas supply19.522.622.7 Bathtub or shower21.929.935.1 Kitchen4.76.83.2 Landline telephone30.236.145.7

15. H OUSING P ROBLEMS R EPORTED, PERCENT All childrenPoor children Extremely poor children 1. Not enough space 36.241.357.8 2. Noise from neighbors or outside 4.8 3.8 3. Insufficient day light 13.716.422.9 4. Insufficient heating 44.754.565.8 5. Dampness 35.639.740.6 6. Leaking roof 20.526.028.7 7. Rotten walls and floors 27.234.345.4 8. Rot in window frames and doors 25.233.349.8 9. Heavy traffic 1.91.70.2 10. Industrial pollution 3.13.22.5 11. Frequent breakdowns of the elevator 19.421.642.5 12. Poor water supply 25.430.322.5 13. Poor garbage disposal 20.220.313.2 14. Problems with using public space and yards in multifamily housing 22.125.724.5 15. Other problems 5.04.95.4

16. 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) 26.534.555.9

17. 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.

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

19. 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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