Changing profiles of child poverty

Highlights

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as social distancing, business and school closures have been introduced worldwide to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In Georgia NPIs affected children’s lives, contributing to the emergence of new categories of poor. The analysis showed that overall, households with children, children living in urban households, in households composed mostly of working-age women, and in households without pensions were, on average, more at risk of falling into poverty.

• Households with children were hit harder by the pandemic than those without, and despite an economic rebound in the last quarter of 2020, these effects may have lasted longer
• For the first time, members of households living in urban areas were more likely to become poor, yet overall, poverty levels in rural areas remained higher
• Children living in households relying on self-employment for income were more at risk of falling into poverty, and those receiving a more stable income were more protected