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Changes in the structure and the role of the family have had important effects on the distribution of poverty in the countries of the European Community. There have, moreover, been significant recent changes in the relationship between poverty and different phases of the life cycle.
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Room, G. (1990). Poverty, the Family and the Life Cycle. In: ‘New Poverty’ in the European Community. Social Dimension of the Single European Market. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21088-6_7
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