In rural areas "childhood is the hardest"
Opportunities for a child's development in rural areas is lower compared with urban areas, indicates a survey by the World Vision Romania.
Articol de Ionuţ Dragu, 31 Mai 2012, 10:01
Living conditions and development opportunities of children from rural areas continue to be lower than those enjoyed children in urban areas, reveals a survey entitled "The welfare of children in rural areas", published by the Organization World Vision Romania.
Two out of three children living in the country are not taken by their parents to the doctor if they are sick, one in ten responded that, at least once, went to bed hungry.
One quarter of pupils in rural areas spend an hour and a half or even more to reach school.
The situation cannot change without important measures , warns Director of World Vision Romania, Cătălin Pop.
"Whether we speak of growth period or economic contraction, the situation of the child in the rural areas is one of concern, the effects that they have experienced during the period of economic growth have been limited, but they felt the effects of the crisis".
"This conclusion shows us clearly that it takes determination and common action as many players or even the whole society to change this reality," said Cătălin Pop.
The level of school education graduated most commonly is high school, in 37 per cent of households. Only 3 per cent of young people from the village graduate the university.
Photo: Level of education in villages . Source World Vision Romania. Click on the image to zoom in.
In 35 per cent of households do not get any money for necessities, while only 0.1 per cent of those interviewed say they have money for everything they crave.
Photo: the level of revenue to the village. Source World Vision Romania. Click on the image to zoom in.
The research has been carried out in nearly 1,500 rural households in eight counties of the country, by choosing the sample specifies World Vision Romania.
The study comes just a day after UNICEF published a report that 15.8 per cent of children live in poverty in Romania.
At the opposite pole there is Iceland where only 4.7 per cent of children are poor.
The report shows that Romania is the country with the highest proportion of poor children in the European Union.
