Poverty Strikes Large Families Harder

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When one confers with others on the subject of poverty, often times the subtopics of race, laws

surrounding welfare, and how poverty stricken they are comes up. One may not have any thought just

to how much poverty can impact large and young families more than older and smaller ones. Larger

families are hit harder according to Joseph Rowntree when it comes to the well-being and welfare of

the family, and can have a negative impact on all members of the family through every aspect of their

life. While for some they can grasp and understand the impact of poverty on others lives, some people

may not be as informed when it comes to this subject, hence why one might decide to do a research

paper on the subject matter.

When one is to determine what poverty is, one must look at the Canadian definition. Poverty in

Canada is measured through two ways. One is the low income cut-off (LICO) and according to Stats

Canada, (2013) “are intended to convey the income level at which a family may be in straitened

circumstances because it has to spend a greater portion of its income on the basics (food, clothing and

shelter) than does the average family of similar size. The LICOs vary by family size and by size of

community.” According to The Community Foundations of Canada (2013) the second way is called

the Low-income Measures (LIM) “considers a family poor when its income is less than half of the

median income for their size and type of family. This is a relative measure. In 2005, using the pre-tax

LIM, 21.7% of Canadian families lived in poverty.” Using these as an understanding of poverty in

Canada one can now see that the size of a family can determine how much of an impac...

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