6 Apr, 2015
Japan | Health ministry to survey how family income affects child nutrition
News | The Japan Times | KYODO | 6 April 2015
The government plans to conduct its first nationwide survey on how family income affects children’s health as concerns grow about the nation’s growing child poverty problem, officials said.
More than 16 percent of children aged 17 or younger live in households that earn less than half the average income in Japan, the worst figure ever.
The child poverty ratio is much higher in single-parent families, where it soars to around 55 percent.
