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发表于 14-4-2018 12:07 AM
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https://www.unicef.org/malaysia/media_urban_child_poverty.html
Children living in poverty: unseen, but among us
Higher child poverty and malnutrition rates in low-cost flats of KL, new UNICEF report
PUTRAJAYA, 26 February 2018 – A new study released today by UNICEF reveals higher levels of poverty and malnutrition among children living in low-cost housing in Kuala Lumpur, compared to the national average.
Commissioned by UNICEF, the study Children Without: A study of urban child poverty and deprivation in low-cost flats in Kuala Lumpur highlights how poverty impairs the opportunities of children living in low-cost flats in Kuala Lumpur to early education and makes them more vulnerable to malnourishment, with potentially damaging impact on their cognitive development.
“Malaysia has made tremendous progress over the last thirty years, in eliminating poverty. What this study shows, however, is that not everyone has benefited equally and that some, notably children, are being left behind,” said Marianne Clark-Hattingh, UNICEF representative in Malaysia.
While the national poverty rate is less than one percent, and almost eradicated in Kuala Lumpur, the report indicates a 100 per cent rate of relative poverty amongst children living in low-cost flats in the nation’s capital.
Some of the main findings of this study include:
· Almost all children (99.7 per cent) in low-cost flats live in relative poverty and 7 per cent in absolute poverty;
· About 15 per cent of children below the age of five are underweight, almost two times higher compared to the KL average (8 per cent);
· About 22 per cent of the children are stunted, two times higher than the KL average;
· About 23 per cent of the children are either overweight or obese, six times higher compared to the KL average (4%);
· While almost all of the children aged 7 to 17 are in school, only 50% of 5 to 6 year olds attend pre-school compared to 92% of national enrolment in 2015
· About 1 in 3 households surveyed has no reading materials, for children aged below 18.
· About 4 in 10 households have no toys for the children aged below 5. |
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