Chart: Child poverty gap in selected developed countries, 2009

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Child poverty gap in selected developed countries, 2009

Note: The child poverty gap is the gap between the poverty line and the median income of children below the poverty line, taken as a share of the poverty line. The poverty line is defined as half of household-size-adjusted median income.

Source: Adamson (2012, Figure 7)

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