6  Child Poverty

Lifting children and families out of poverty

6.1 Context

This chapter tracks indicators related to child poverty and family wellbeing across the West of England. Up to 10 indicators can be included, covering metrics like child poverty rates, free school meals eligibility, household income, access to services, and educational outcomes.

6.2 Setup

# Load required packages
library(tidyverse)

# Source shared helpers (theme, helpers, fact_helpers, collate_fact)
source(here::here("scripts", "R", "_common.R"))

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6.3 Indicator 1: [Your Child Poverty Indicator]

Data source: [Specify source] Last updated: [Date] Refresh schedule: [Annual/Quarterly/Monthly]

6.3.1 Overview

[Describe what this indicator measures and why it matters for lifting children and families out of poverty]

# Your code here
# See chapters/01-economy/index.qmd for a worked example pattern:
# 1. Load data using load_csv()
# 2. Process/filter/aggregate data
# 3. Create visualization with theme_weca()
# 4. Calculate key statistics using format_number()

6.3.2 Findings

[Your narrative findings here]

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6.4 Indicator 2: [Your Child Poverty Indicator]

Data source: Last updated: Refresh schedule:

[Repeat structure - add up to 10 indicators total]

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6.5 Summary

[Summary of key findings across all child poverty indicators. What is the overall picture for lifting children and families out of poverty?]