The number of children living in welfare benefit-dependent households in New Zealand amounted to 180.7 thousand in 2018. The quantification of child poverty in New Zealand is not reliably known. However, the number of children living in households that rely on welfare benefits as their main source of income can be used as an indicator of income poverty among children in the country.
Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018
(in 1,000s)
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Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). (February 19, 2019). Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). "Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). (2019). Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). "Number of Children Living in Benefit-dependent Households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory), Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
Number of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory), February 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063847/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households/
