tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3430745173025932566..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: PM complains about sluggish child poverty dataLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-68008091908495971112020-12-08T19:47:52.942+13:002020-12-08T19:47:52.942+13:00My argument buys into the politics of child povert...My argument buys into the politics of child poverty reduction which must be challenged. Children on benefits is an imperfect measure but so is relative household income.<br /><br />Politics aside, I agree with your last sentence.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-232482352875097632020-12-08T14:24:36.595+13:002020-12-08T14:24:36.595+13:00I disagree that children on benefits is a good ind...I disagree that children on benefits is a good indicator of child poverty in NZ. <br /><br />Your own post titled "Academia discovers reality" shows many children of sole parents probably have 'other income', weather from another benefit or employment. Either way, it's not going to be declared on official documents. <br /><br />"The GUiNZ sample seems to have low sole-parent status compared to a 2009 study that found one-third of families with dependent children were headed by sole-parents (Ministry of Social Development, 2010). This could be because being partnered in the GUiNZ data is not the same as their domestic-purposes benefit status, from which partnership status is inferred by other studies. We find that 70% of those who say they receive the domestic-purposes benefit also answer yes to the question of whether they have a partner – confirming that the sole-parent status derived from GUiNZ is essentially different to those studies which rely on benefit status to infer partnership status.” <br /><br />There is no 'child poverty' in NZ, there is child neglect and excuses. The Slippery Slopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607796709933068301noreply@blogger.com