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Currently, 22% of children live in relative poverty, where the household income is less than 60% of the UK average.
Another 17% of children live in absolute poverty, where current income is less than 60% of the UK median in 2010.
There are also 9% of children considered to live in material deprivation – households without basic goods and services.
That is why this week, The Herald is spending three days investigating the severity of child poverty across the country.
Follow along with the series here.
Day One
Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed the scale of extreme poverty facing children in Scotland.
"While writing this has been confronting, I am also extremely lucky to have this platform. I know that many people living in poverty do not get the chance to share what their lives are really like", writes Rebecca McCurdy.
Nicola Killean, the Children and Young People's Commissioner, has warned that the UK and Scottish Governments must ramp up action to eradicate child poverty.
A record number of emergency food parcels are issued to children despite the Scottish Government's pledge to end the need for food banks.
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