CYP Now - Research Report: Parental Smoking and Child Poverty in the UK: An Analysis of National Survey Data

Authors: Charmaine Belvin, John Britton, John Holmes and Tessa Langley, University of Nottingham, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Sheffield

Published by: BMC Public Health, May 2015

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SUMMARY

In 2011, government figures showed some 2.3 million children in the UK - that's 17 per cent of all UK children - were living in relative poverty, defined at less than 60 per cent of the median household income. Given the government's target of abolishing child poverty by 2020 looks unlikely to be met, the study authors wanted to identify avoidable factors that contribute to child poverty.

Combining findings from several national surveys, such as the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) 2012 Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, the report authors set out to estimate the number of children living in poor households containing smokers and the amount of money spent on tobacco in these households.

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