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Descriptions
Children and young people gave these descriptions when they were asked to define poverty from their perspective.
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- Moving a lot - scary and stressful
- Bad housing, over crowding
- Sad. Disappointed. Frustrated. Angry.
- Being left out
- Lack of school books and stationery
- Going without necessities
- Not accepted by peers
- Not having enough money
- Not enough food, hungry
- Get sick easily
- Get picked on @ school
- Cold, grotty, disgusting housing
- Neglect, Violence and abuse
- Lack of warm clothing
- Debts - phone and electricity cut off
- No good clothes, get picked on or bullied
- Bashed
- Lack of warm clothing
- Can't afford school uniform
- Can't go on school trips
- Drugs and alcohol
- Gangs
- Can't afford to go to the doctors
- Missed opportunities
- Living week to week
- Gambling
- Hard to fit in and take part in things like sport
- Children paying the price for parents mistakes
- Choices you can’t make, choices taken away
- Feeling of worthlessness
- Shame
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