finally these children are less well covered by social assistance than children in the previous group since about in children in this group are in a family who receives a social assistance allowance against one third in group only a very small minority of children about children ie of all children aged to experience deprivation in all areas but some of their characteristics single parenthood unemployment or joblessness low parental education make them more vulnerable than others very lowincomes lack of employment and the presence of parents bom outside canada are factors putting children at a greater risk of facing multiple deprivations although the families of these two groups of children usually receive financial assistance child tax credit social assistance benefit a significant minority of them still face multiple deprivations