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Nordic Status Report
Children and youth at risk of poverty
Nordic approaches to social mobility and remaining challenges
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Foreword
Introduction
Summary
Sammendrag (norsk)
1. Setting the scene: Low income and childhood in the Nordic welfare states
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A Nordic debate on child poverty
1.3 Continued focus on child poverty
1.4 A joint Nordic project
2. Child poverty trends in the Nordic countries: A two-decade review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Measuring child poverty
2.3 Sources of heterogeneity in child poverty in the Nordic countries
2.4 Data and methodology
2.5 Results
2.6 Future directions
3. Measures and instruments to promote social mobility and enhance protective factors
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Early childhood education and care (ECEC)
3.3 Measures in schools
3.4 Parenting and family support
3.5 Measures that promote participation in leisure activities
3.6 Area-based initiatives
3.7 Discussion
4. The voices of children and young people
4.1 Poverty from a child-centred perspective
4.2 Children’s experiences related to material deprivation
4.3 Social relationships
4.4 Family relationships
4.5 Health
4.6 Social exclusion and shame
4.7 Children’s strategies
4.8 From child-centred perspective to child participation
4.9 The way forward – how to promote genuine participation?
Closing remarks: Strategic conclusions and opportunities for Nordic cooperation
References
Appendices
Glossary