It became apparent that an analysis framed by the determinants of health would be very useful. Child poverty is an extension of family poverty. The dependent nature of children clearly indicates that they cannot be held responsible for their social or economic status. Children are poor because their families are poor. Family poverty is an income issue.
Child poverty becomes an extension of family poverty.
Within this categorization of 'family', the research indicated that families headed by women are more likely to live below the poverty line therefore, they are poorer than are families headed by men. Child poverty can be seen as an extension of the poverty of women. The bidirectional nature of poverty. For example, people with limited access to income and resources have a lower health status, lower educational opportunities, experience more social isolation, and have fewer opportunities for early childhood development. Conversely, people with lower health status, lower educational levels, who are socially isolated and did not have access to early childhood development are more likely to be or to become poor.