ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS OF CHILD POVERTY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The study conducted a comprehensive analysis of child poverty trends in Ukraine, based on which it was concluded that child poverty rates are significantly higher in families: large families (with three or more children); single-parent families; young families (with children under 3 years old); internally displaced persons; those living in certain regions: a) rural areas; b) where the highest proportion of children in the population; c) where modern sectors of the economy with high-paying jobs are not widespread; where adults work in the budget sector of the economy and receive low salaries; where there are unemployed person(s); chronically poor. It is proposed to consider child poverty as a violation of the rights of the child guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine and international regulatory legal acts due to the failure to provide the conditions necessary for a full and healthy life for children in Ukraine. The forms of its deprivations are identified, which include: the inability to purchase necessary goods and services; unavailability of medical care and education; unavailability of clean water and sanitary conditions; lack of access to technology, Internet connection and electricity; insufficient level of physical security; lack of opportunities to improve the quality of life and self-development. International and domestic regulatory legal acts aimed at preventing and overcoming child poverty are analyzed; a conclusion is made about the failure to fulfill the obligations undertaken by our state to guarantee the provision of conditions necessary for a full and healthy life for children in Ukraine. The determinants of child poverty include general and special ones. Their list is given. It is proposed to take into account the identified determinants of child poverty when developing draft forecast and program documents, draft regulatory legal acts aimed at overcoming it, which will contribute to the formation of a comprehensive scientifically based approach to overcoming child poverty in the country and its prevention.