Despite government commitments and years of campaigning, the true picture of child poverty in the UK remains hidden. For example, the End Child Poverty Campaign believes that there are 3.9 million under-16s in the UK living in poverty, yet information about how many of those are teenagers and how many are pre-teens remains unknown.
Research is clear on how child poverty can lead to antisocial behaviour, poor health and employment prospects, but studies on whether these effects vary between boys and girls are rare.
Martin Barnes, director of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), says: "The problem is that when we talk of child poverty in the UK, people have difficulty understanding what that means."
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