The majority of these household are led by single women. Therefore, the issue of child poverty cannot be looked at in isolation from the poverty that is experienced by women. Social and economic inclusion of all women and children were seen as the end goal of future collaborative work. Poverty has become solely an income issue. While access to income remains a key factor, the impacts, especially the health impacts, of marginal access to adequate income go far beyond this simple analysis.
Children born into poor families have a higher likelihood of having a low birth weight.
These babies will go on to have more health problems throughout their lives. This has a profound impact on many institutional systems, for example the long-term utilization of health services. By only addressing the income issue, the impacts of deprivation cannot be fully addressed. Consider, for example, the multi-exclusion faced by citizens of colour and aboriginal heritage. The concepts inherent in social and economic exclusion capture the multidimensionality of deprivation that is experienced by many people, especially marginalized women and children, immigrants, and those of aboriginal heritage.