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Investment in Qualityskilled worker earns sufficient to support a household on his or herown (Esping-Andersen et al., 2002), or that couples elect to haveone of them earn full-time and the other work full-time in the home.7.7 ENDING CHILD POVERTYIn many EU countries, rearing children increases the poverty riskfacing households and makes it more difficult for them to escapefrom poverty (OECD, 2001a: Table 2.8). The evidence from the2000 Living in Ireland Survey supports this general picture; loneparent and large (4 or more children) families faced risks ofconsistent poverty that were multiples of 3 to 4 times the risk run bythe population in general.TABLE 7.13Percentage and Breakdown of Persons Below 70 Per Cent MedianIncome Line and Experiencing Basic Deprivation byHousehold Type.Percentage of Persons Breakdown of Persons(Risk)(Incidence)Household type 1994 1997 2000 1994 1997 20001 adults 15.1 12.1 11.2 7.1 8.3 14.82 adults 4.0 6.1 3.6 12.5 8.3 9.63 or more adults 3.3 5.5 1.0 12.7 7.8 3.32 adults, 1 child 9.2 6.9 4.1 5.7 4.9 5.62 adults, 2 children 9.3 3.3 2.5 11.6 4.3 6.22 adults, 3 children 17.5 15.5 5.6 11.7 15.9 8.72 adults, 4+ children 35.6 33.9 16.2 9.5 18.5 20.51 adult with children 42.8 20.7 26.2 4.4 6.2 18.03+ adults withchildren 14.2 12.8 3.7 24.9 25.8 13.2All 14.5 10.7 5.5 100 100 100Source: Tables 5.8 and 5.9, Nolan et al. (2002a).322