Eighteen per cent of children in this demographic spend all their time in urban areas, compared with 13 per cent of all children overall, according to the study by natural environment organisation Natural England.
"Children living in deprived areas are especially unlikely to spend time in countryside and coastal areas," says the report published this month.
And when children from lower income households do go outside, the rate is lower than with their more privileged peers - 75 per cent living in more affluent areas spend time outdoors at least once a week, dropping to 65 per cent among those in the most disadvantaged areas, according to the survey.
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