Vukosavljevic Svetlana, Radovanovic Snezana, Mihaljevic Olgica, Zdravkovic Nebojsa, Stojic Vladislava, Milojevic Stefan, Radovanovic Jovana, Stepovic Milos, Janicijevic Katarina, Folic Nevena, Radovanovic Marija, Markovic Branka
Health Center Dimitrije Pitovic, 31260 Kosjeric, Serbia.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Children (Basel). 2025 Jun 27;12(7):854. doi: 10.3390/children12070854.
: Child poverty is a critical issue that affects millions of children worldwide and represents a global issue. This article focuses on exploring the risk of child poverty and social exclusion across Europe, with Serbia being in a comparable position with respect to other countries with different levels of development. : This is an epidemiological, retrospective, and descriptive study based on data on the national populations of the European countries within our research interest. The data analyzed in this study was taken from publicly available datasets from Eurostat. The indicators of interest were the ones considering the social inclusion of children in the time period between 2014 and 2023 for all European countries available in the datasets. : The indicator of the risk of poverty and social exclusion showed a decreasing trend in the majority of countries; but still, seven countries showed an increase during the observation period of one decade. The highest percentage was in Romania and the lowest in Slovenia. The indicator of the risk of poverty exhibited a significant difference in terms of gender (being mostly higher among females) in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Montenegro, Albania, and Turkey. The indicator of children living in households with very low work intensity exhibited a significant difference in terms of gender (being mostly higher among males) in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Albania. The indicator of severe social and material deprivation exhibited a significant difference in terms of gender (being mostly higher among females) in Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Albania, and Turkey. Serbia did not show a significant gender difference, but the male gender had higher values than the female for all indicators. : Child poverty is a multifaceted issue that affects various aspects of children's lives, including health, education, and social inclusion. Addressing this issue requires a comprehensive approach that includes social protection, access to quality services, and efforts to combat discrimination.
儿童贫困是一个影响全球数百万儿童的关键问题，是一个全球性问题。本文着重探讨欧洲儿童贫困和社会排斥的风险，塞尔维亚在发展水平不同的其他国家中处于类似地位。 这是一项基于我们研究范围内欧洲国家全国人口数据的流行病学、回顾性和描述性研究。本研究分析的数据取自欧盟统计局公开可用的数据集。感兴趣的指标是考虑到2014年至2023年期间数据集中所有欧洲国家儿童社会包容情况的指标。 贫困和社会排斥风险指标在大多数国家呈下降趋势；但仍有七个国家在十年观察期内有所上升。比例最高的是罗马尼亚，最低的是斯洛文尼亚。贫困风险指标在保加利亚、立陶宛、葡萄牙、瑞典、瑞士、黑山、阿尔巴尼亚和土耳其在性别方面存在显著差异（女性大多更高）。工作强度极低家庭中的儿童指标在保加利亚、立陶宛、马耳他、荷兰、芬兰、瑞典、瑞士和阿尔巴尼亚在性别方面存在显著差异（男性大多更高）。严重社会和物质匮乏指标在保加利亚、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、立陶宛、黑山、阿尔巴尼亚和土耳其在性别方面存在显著差异（女性大多更高）。塞尔维亚没有显示出显著的性别差异，但所有指标男性的值都高于女性。 儿童贫困是一个多方面的问题，影响儿童生活的各个方面，包括健康、教育和社会包容。解决这个问题需要一种全面的方法，包括社会保护、获得优质服务以及打击歧视的努力。
