Below you will find example sentences with "child poverty". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Child Poverty in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: poverty
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28 words

Words in this phrase

child poverty

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • child can mean: A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority). Common word
  • poverty can mean: The quality or state of being poor; lack of money Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and its child poverty rate by 1× and the child poverty rate by 1× birmingham a child poverty emergency to 1× child poverty is sadly 1× city s child poverty rates are 1× council s child poverty board to 1× described suffering child poverty 1× driver in child poverty rates 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as the economic 1× before sara started 1× but the starting 1× child poverty is 1× cllr alex yip 1× earlier this year 1×

Common sentence endings:

by 14 percent 1× cefin campbell ms 1× cent by 2024 1× child benefit cap 1× child poverty rates 1× child well being 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

rates 4× children 4× rate 4× city 3× percent 3× living 3× nation 3× scotland 2× figures 2× show 2× birmingham 2× country 2×

Related phrases

child abuse poverty line child welfare poverty rate child care child labor child pornography child protection girl child extreme poverty

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around poverty:

poverty line 20× poverty rate 14× poverty rates 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

child pornography child labor child care child abuse chiefs tight chief technology

Just after it in the phrase index:

child protection child protective child trafficking child welfare childhood cancer childhood development

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

child abuse child welfare child care child labor child pornography child protection

Same ending:

extreme poverty reducing poverty

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "child poverty" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and its child poverty rate by, and the child poverty rate by, rates, children and rate stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with child abuse, poverty line, child welfare, poverty line, poverty rate and poverty rates, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with child poverty

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Hodge Hill also has the highest fuel poverty and child poverty rates in the country. (15 words)

Child poverty is sadly an issue with deep roots here in Wales, writes Cefin Campbell MS. (16 words)

Mississippi to lead the nation in child poverty and is 48th in the nation for child well-being. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Interested communities will be able to apply for funding to support local initiatives—with the goal of helping B.C. reduce its poverty rate by 25 per cent and its child poverty rate by 50 per cent by 2024. (39 words)

But the starting point is that we need to make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty – for their sakes, and because doing so would benefit our nation’s economy and society for decades to come. (38 words)

In Scotland, child poverty rates vary by constituency, however, the figures show none has fewer than one in eight children in poverty, while 54% of the 57 seats have at least 25% of children in poverty. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

In Scotland, child poverty rates vary by constituency, however, the figures show none has fewer than one in eight children in poverty, while 54% of the 57 seats have at least 25% of children in poverty.

Cllr Alex Yip, Cons, Sutton Wylde Green, cites from Birmingham: A Child Poverty Emergency to say that the city's child poverty rates are growing compared to other areas of the country.

And when it comes to reducing poverty, especially child poverty, we need to look to the long-term and ensure that Scotland is one of the best places in the world to grow up.

The Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that extra benefits reduced the poverty rate by 9.6 percent and the child poverty rate by 14 percent.

Hodge Hill also has the highest fuel poverty and child poverty rates in the country.

Sultana told Laura Kuenssberg’s show on Sunday that: “If the Labour Party has a moral mission, it has to be to eradicate poverty, especially child poverty.

There are 67,000 more children below the poverty line once housing costs are taken into account - showing that the high cost of housing is a key driver in child poverty rates.

Interested communities will be able to apply for funding to support local initiatives—with the goal of helping B.C. reduce its poverty rate by 25 per cent and its child poverty rate by 50 per cent by 2024.

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Responding to the figures in a Commons speech on Thursday, Conservative leadership contender Ms Rudd said: “I am determined to tackle poverty, in particular child poverty.

Earlier this year West Belfast was revealed to have the worst levels of child poverty, not only in the city of Belfast, but right across the north, with over 9,000 children living in poverty.

The GOP is refusing to negotiate on reviving the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty by over 40 percent.

Thousands of Glaswegian households are impacted by the two-child cap, which is one of the major factors perpetuating child poverty in the city.

Sir Keir Starmer vowed to tackle child poverty 'with the same vigour' as the last Labour government when challenged over his refusal to immediately axe the two-child benefit cap.

Mississippi to lead the nation in child poverty and is 48th in the nation for child well-being.

As the economic crisis intensifies, inevitably more families are set to endure severe hardship - and amid the relative affluence in parts of Mid and West Wales, child poverty often hides in plain sight.

Before Sara started living in a pink paradise, she was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where she described suffering “child poverty”.

But the starting point is that we need to make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty – for their sakes, and because doing so would benefit our nation’s economy and society for decades to come.

Child poverty is sadly an issue with deep roots here in Wales, writes Cefin Campbell MS.

First Minister Humza Yousaf is resolute in expanding our offering and has made tackling child poverty his number one mission.

He has also been doing his part to support the Council’s Child Poverty Board to help young people and their families to overcome some of the challenges associated with the current Cost-of-Living crisis.

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