drawing on data from advanced economies it shows what the relative child poverty rate would be if governments did not intervene with taxes and transfers light blue bar it then compares this with the actual relative child poverty rate after all taxes are deducted and benefits paid blue barthe difference may be seen as one measure of the efforts and effectiveness of different governments in reducing relative child poverty but some of the children and young people most at risk of poverty do not live in households they live in institutions in childrens homes in temporary accommodations in hostels or hospitals in prisons in houses for refugees or asylum seekers in mobile homes or on the streets it is also possible that some of the most atrisk children may be not represented in household surveys because they live in remote areas or in families and communities whose presence may be illegal and unregistered open society foundations budapest a century later and from a different ideological perspective karl marx found himself in agreement our needs and enjoyments spring from society we measure them therefore by society and not by the objects of their satisfaction