Response to Review of Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know?

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Children, Youth and Environments 15(2), 2005 Response to Review of Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know? Koen Vleminckx Timothy M. Smeeding Luxembourg Income Study Citation: Vleminckx, Koen and Timothy M. Smeeding. “Response to Review of Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Poverty in Modern Nations: What Do We Know?.” Children, Youth and Environments 15(2), 2005. We thank the reviewer for her kind reactions to our book. We did try to present a wide range of views and issues that relate to children’s situations in various nations. In order to stay current on this issue, one must make use of the other resources which the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) provides. These include LIS Key figures on: • child poverty compared to elder and overall poverty: http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/povertytable.htm • children’s parental incomes: http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/childpovdistrib.htm • child poverty rates by living arrangements: http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/childpovrates.htm This information is updated each time that a new LIS survey (now including almost 150 separate data points) comes on line. The data can be downloaded by anyone without password. We hope that users cite the Luxembourg Income Study when they use these data. ...