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<p>The information on numbers of children entering and exiting poverty is not available.
However, figures for percentages of children moving in and out of poverty are collected
in the Income Dynamics publication. These are available in Table 8.1, and in the table
below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-2011 to 2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2011-2012
to 2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2012-2013 to 2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2013-2014 to 2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2014-2015
to 2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2015-2016 to 2016-2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>%
children entering poverty</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>%
children exiting poverty</strong></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The percentage of children entering poverty is the percentage of only those
children who were <em>not in poverty</em> in the earlier year but who were in poverty
the following year. The percentage of children exiting poverty is the percentage of
only those children who were <em>in poverty </em>in the earlier year but who were
out of poverty the following year. Entry and exit rates are very different (since
entry / exit rates are expressed as a percentage of only those not previously in poverty
/ previously in poverty respectively).</p><p /><p>The threshold used is 60 per cent
of median equivalised household income Before Housing Costs (BHC). Since household
incomes are subject to measurement error, and the threshold is subject to sampling
and measurement error, the analysis only includes ‘clear’ transitions. For an entry/exit
to count, household incomes must cross the 60 per cent of median income threshold
and be at least 10 per cent higher / lower than the threshold in the following year.</p>
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