The share of children living in welfare benefit-dependent households in New Zealand was 16 percent in 2018. The quantification of child poverty in New Zealand is not reliably known. However, the rate 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.
Share of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018
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Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). (February 19, 2019). Share of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063902/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households-share/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). "Share of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 ." Chart. February 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063902/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households-share/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). (2019). Share of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063902/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households-share/
Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory). "Share of Children Living in Benefit-dependent Households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063902/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households-share/
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Share of children living in benefit-dependent households in New Zealand from 2013 to 2018 [Graph], Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Territory), February 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063902/new-zealand-children-living-in-benefit-dependent-households-share/
