What percentage of men and children in the world live in poverty?
I often hear that the majority of people in poverty are ‘women and children’.
I’m curious if anyone has any information for the number of ‘men and children’ who live in poverty. I have a suspicion it would be the majority of people in poverty as well.
Ginger, thank you for avoiding the question.
Ginger, if you look to the answer above yours, it mentions statistics, answers the question about men living in poverty – and doesn’t go off on a tirade, either.
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"In the majority of cases depth of poverty is smaller among women than among men. It seems, then, that the poverty of European women is, in general, somewhat greater than the poverty of men, but the position of poor women is less severe then men living below the poverty threshold" (really agree with this statement and this seems to be the case in the US as well)
Scoll down has several graphs…for the greater European area/counties.
http://www.tarki.hu/adatbank-h/kutjel/pdf/a778.pdf
Women comprise 56% of Americans over 18 who live in poverty….So that would be 44% are men…as far as legal adults. Raw numbers are here.. http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032008/pov/toc.htm
I’m having a hard time finding international "raw" clear cut (either no real info, or way to much) numbers by gender….
since i switched to Geico i have experienced significantly less poverty
Look around you own area, go to the desolate zones of your home town… look at the ‘homeless shelter’.
Who makes up the vast majority of homeless?
There’s your answer.
I’m a woman and I am significantly under the poverty line, and it makes me wonder what percent I am.
I have been to several developing (aka "third world") countries. Other than the few rich people and government workers, everybody is poor, men, women and children.
"I’m a woman and I am significantly under the poverty line, and it makes me wonder what percent I am."
Me too, but I don’t wonder because I already know. There is tons of evidence; the feminization of poverty has long been studied.
Current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the basis of income, not only in industrial countries such as the United States, but also in the developing world.
Who is likely to be poor?
A newborn child, just because she happens to be born female, is more likely to grow up to be poor as an adult. Women form the majority of the poor in Canada. One in seven[2] (2.4 million[3]) Canadian women is living in poverty today.
- Women raising families by themselves: 51.6% of lone parent families headed by women are poor[4]. With many of these families, financial support agreements with the non-custodial parent (usually the father) are either not in place or in arrears.[5]
- Senior women: Almost half (41.5%) of single, widowed or divorced (“unattached”) women over 65 are poor[6]. While the poverty rates for all seniors have improved overall, there is still a large gap between men and women. The poverty rate for all senior women is 19.3%, while that for senior men is 9.5%[7].
- Women on their own: 35% of women on their own under 65, live in poverty.[8]
- Women with disabilities: More women than men live with disabilities in Canada. Aboriginal people have twice the national disability rate[9]. Of all women with disabilities living in a household rather than an institution, and who had any income at all, those aged 35-54 had the highest incomes: an average of $17,000, which is 55% of men with disabilities in that age range. Women with disabilities under 35 had an average income of $13,000, and women with disabilities over 55 had an average income of under $14,000. The more severe a woman’s disability, the lower her income.[10]
- Aboriginal women: The average annual income of Aboriginal women is $13,300, compared to $18,200 for Aboriginal men, and $19,350 for non-Aboriginal women.[11] 44% of the Aboriginal population living off reserve lives in poverty, but things are worse on reserve: Almost half (47%) of Aboriginal persons on reserve have an income of less than $10,000.[12] Aboriginal women are also more likely than Aboriginal men to be trapped in low-paying jobs[13], and because of the continuing effects of the Indian Act, they face insecurities related to housing, access to services and abuse both on and off reserve[14].
- Women of colour: 37% of women of colour are low income, compared with 19% of all women. The average annual income for a woman of colour in Canada is $16,621, almost $3000 less than the average for other women ($19,495) and almost $7,000 less than that of men of colour ($23,635).[15] Women of colour are also overrepresented in precarious (part-time and temporary) work and often have to live in substandard, segregated housing. They are also more vulnerable to violence and other health risks[16].
- Immigrant women: Education does not reduce the income gap between immigrant women and Canadian-born women. New immigrant women between the ages of 25-44 who have a university degree and who worked full-year, full-time earn $14,000 less than Canadian-born women.[17] This is partly because of overt racism, but also the structural racism of lack of recognition of foreign credentials and experience. New immigrant women, suffering from abuse, may have few options to escape this, if they are financially dependent on their male relative sponsors in Canada.
- Lesbians: There is little information about the economic status of lesbians. We only have isolated bits and pieces to go by, such as a Winnipeg study that found that 14% of gay men over 65 reported incomes below the poverty line, compared with 42% of lesbian seniors.[18]
- Migrant Women: Migrant women who are often refugees or foreign domestic workers are also particularly at risk of poverty and exploitation, as they are often forced to work in unregulated or hidden employment. Women make up the majority of migrant workers from Asia and many work here to sustain their families back home. They are paid low wages, and despite the fact that they contribute significantly to the Canadian economy, they are not entitled to many benefits such as EI[19].
- Low wage earners: In Canada it is not enough to have a job to keep you out of poverty.[20] Most poor people do work full- or part-time.[21] Poverty level wages are a particular problem for women. Women and youth account for 83% of Canada’s minimum wage workers.[22] 37% of lone mothers with paid employment must raise a family on less than $10 per hour.[23]
Global poverty, see http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/beijing12/womeninpoverty.pdf
*I’m the only one who answered the question with any references, and actual statistical data. Example:
"The poverty rate for all senior women is 19.3%, while that for senior men is 9.5%"
Don’t forget women live longer too. That needs to be factored in.
All the information is there: what part of it don’t you want to understand?
70%
Your source is biased, Ginger. It’s next to worthless. And anyway, you never really did answer the question. You talked about senior men. That’s it. They don’t typically have kids. But I never expected better.
On that note, Untamed probably came the closest you’ll ever get to answering this question. People always group women and children together, not men and children. I can’t find anything better.
I agree with Untamed (for once).
But here’s a general tip: For the sake of sensationalism, media always reports ‘women and general’. But remember that if anything involves ‘women and children’, the number of ‘men and children’ affected is about the same.
If they say ‘the majority dead in a school bus crash were women and children’, keep in mind that it is akin to saying ‘the majority dead were men and children’ too.
Attached has info on children.
The others are more indicitive only.
They probably go for women and children because generally speaking women tend to look after the children so are more likely to be together than men and children.