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Issue 45. Social Security for Children in Poverty
1) Current status
164. The Act on Prevention of Child Poverty, Support of Children, Etc. was enacted in 2011
prescribes to survey the status of child in poverty, formulate a master plan for child poverty
support, and propose that the committee on prevention of child poverty should be
established. However, the survey on the status of child in poverty has not been conducted.
165. The Children Development Account (CDA) is a welfare program for impoverished and
at-risk children. When a child under 18 makes monthly deposit, the local government will
deposit the same amount to his or her account. In 2011, Daejeon had the lowest number of
bank account holders at 73.3% while Jeju had the highest number at 98.3%, a 25%p
difference between the two regions occured. In terms of savings rate, Daejeon recorded the
lowest at 89.5% and Gyeonggi Province recorded the highest at 99.2%, a 9.7%p difference
between the two regions showed. Furthermore, the bank account holding rate and savings
rate of children who receive basic livelihood subsidies are both lower than that of
impoverished and at-risk children. In 2015, the average bank account holding rate of children
who received basic livelihood subsidies was 53.3% and the savings rate was 82.1%, which
was 15.2%p lower than savings rate of impoverished and at-risk children. In regard to this
matter, the National Assembly pointed out in 2016 that differentials in regions and children
have occurred due to lack of manpower and insufficient budget of the Korea National
Council on Social Welfare, the management agency of the CDA.
166. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 14.7% of adolescents
between 15 and 19 have worked part-time to make a living (3.8%) and because they were in
no condition to receive allowances from their parents (10.9%).
2) Questions
167. Does the government have a detailed action plan to conduct a survey on the current
status of child in poverty?
168. What causes the differentials in regions and children in welfare assistance projects for
impoverished and at-risk children such as the CDA? What is the government’s assessment
on this matter and plan to solve the problem?
169. Is the government aware of present state of adolescents who are working part-time
due to financial hardships? Does the government have plan to support them?
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