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The Impact of Poverty on Children and Young People’s Use of Services
Author(s) -
Wager Fiona,
Hill Malcolm,
Bailey Nick,
Day Rosie,
Hamilton Douglas,
King Caroline
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00236.x
Subject(s) - poverty , active listening , service (business) , qualitative research , psychology , economic growth , sociology , business , economics , marketing , social science , communication
This article describes a qualitative study exploring the impact of poverty on children’s access to and use of services, which took a comparative approach to gather the views of children from more and less affluent households. Findings suggest affordability and related factors including limited mobility constrained service use for less affluent children, resulting in cumulative missed opportunities. However, extended family, friends and agencies facilitated service access, mitigating the impact of poverty on service use to some extent. Research implications include the importance of listening to and taking account of the views of children from lower income families in service planning.