Evidence library

Save the Children's research reveals that 90,000 children across Scotland live in severe poverty; that is 9% of all children in Scotland and over 1 in 3 of all children in poverty. This number has remained stubbornly static for the last four years. This report highlights the main risk factors for severe child poverty, such as the work status of the family, and it reveals for the first time those local areas in Scotland where severe child poverty is a major concern.