One-in-four children in Northern Ireland 'living in poverty', says charity
Relative poverty also affects the qualifications a child leaves school with.
According to Department of Education statistics, 55% of pupils entitled to free school meals got at least 5 GCSEs at A* - C including English and maths in 2019-20.Results have risen over the past decade for all pupils, but the percentage gap between free school meals and non-free school meals pupils has only closed by about 6% since 2012.
"Overall men born in Northern Ireland can expect to live in good health for 60 years and females for 62 years" the report said. In the least deprived areas, by contrast, women could expect to live 67 years "in good health" on average and men almost 66 years.The JRF said that overall rising work income for lower-income families and lower housing costs had led to recent reductions in poverty rates in Northern Ireland.
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