Comments on: Children Living in Poverty

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:09 +0000

The answer is:

True. Of the 1.8 billion children in developing countries, 600 million of them live on less than U.S. $1 a day.

(Source: unicef.org/mdg/poverty.html, November 2008)

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:17:40 +0000

Too funny…technically TRUE, but if I were answering a test question- but FALSE, because more children live in poverty.
Maybe we’ll have to write an essay to explain our answers. LOL!

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:05:13 +0000

Sara–you are so right — it is this figure and higher, so could actually be said to be true!

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:03 +0000

I say false, it is much higher

By: Sara Benson

Sara Benson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:56:26 +0000

Over 30 percent of children in developing countries live on less than $1 a day.

so I am going to say that yes, it is true, but the fraction might actually be higher.

By: Jill Foley

Jill Foley — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:08:14 +0000

I’m going to say false because in my handbook it says…
“In developing countries, more than 1/3 children live on less than $1 day”.
(and that was updated in May 2004)

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:03:15 +0000

I say False as well, for the same reason as Tom and Juli.

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:23:23 +0000

I think it’s higher too; 1/2 of the children living in the world live in poverty; those in developing countries alone would be much higher.

By: Sarah C

Sarah C — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:51:06 +0000

I say false.

By: Tom Easterday

Tom Easterday — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:45:30 +0000

False. The percentage is much higher.