@article{ref1,
title="The cost-of-living crisis, poverty, and child maltreatment",
journal="Lancet child and adolescent health, The",
year="2022",
author="Skinner, Guy and Bywaters, Paul and Kennedy, Eilis",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Over 30% of children in England live in poverty. According to the Governor of the Bank of England, this figure is likely to worsen, as the current cost-of-living crisis impedes families from being able to buy essential items. For example, 2·6 million children were food insecure in April, 2022, and the Trussell Trust supplied over 2 million emergency food packages to families between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. 3 The Resolution Foundation anticipates that a further 500 000 children in the UK will fall below the UK poverty line by 2023. The number of children in out-of-home care is also increasing, with child poverty rates in 2015-20 being linked with more than 10 000 additional children entering state care...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-4642",
doi="10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00252-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00252-8"
}