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In Croatia 32.2 pct of children poor, in EU 27 pct

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ZAGREB/BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (Hina) - Children in Europe are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion than the rest of the population, Eurostat said on Tuesday in a report in which it was noted that nearly one third of Croatian children are at the risk of poverty.

In 2011, 27 per cent of children aged under 18 were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU27, compared with 24% of adults (aged 18-64) and 21% of the elderly (aged 65 and over).

The highest shares of those aged under 18 who were at risk of poverty were registered in Bulgaria (52%), Romania (49%), Latvia (44%), Hungary (40%) and Ireland (38% in 2010), and the lowest in Sweden, Denmark and Finland (all 16%), followed by Slovenia (17%), the Netherlands (18%) and Austria (19%).

Poverty among children is directly related to the education level of their parents.

Almost half of all children whose parents had a low education level (at the most lower secondary education) were at risk of poverty, compared with 22% of children residing with parents who had a medium education level (at the most upper secondary education) and 7% of children with parents with a higher education level (tertiary education).

Also, children of migrants are at a greater risk of poverty.

In Croatia, 32.2% of children under 18 are at the risk of poverty and social exclusion - 59.8% whose parents have a low education level, 21.3% whose parents have a medium education level and 5.6% whose parents have a higher education level.

Also, 32.7% of Croatia's population are poor, of whom 32.5% are aged 18-64 and 34% are 65 and older.

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion fall into at least one of the following three conditions: persons who live in a household with a disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60% of the national median disposable income; severely materially deprived persons; and people under 59 living in households with very low work intensity, where the adults work less than 20% of their total work potential.

Severely materially deprived persons meet at least four out of following nine criteria: they cannot afford to pay rent, mortgage or utility bills on time, keep home adequately warm, face unexpected expenses, eat meat, fish or a protein equivalent every second day, a one-week holiday away from home, a car, a washing machine, a colour TV, or a telephone (including mobile phone).

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