the intensity of total child poverty also fell sharply across the region during the period in question the biggest decreases were observed among children and adolescents with at least two deprivations and at least three deprivations in more than a percentagepoint drop in both cases while the decline is much smaller among children with at least five deprivations from in to in in total child poverty who by definition suffer an appalling violation of their rights see figure ii b it does point to positive outcomes in tackling multidimensional child poverty over the decade not only did its incidence decrease but the percentage of children and adolescents with the largest number of deprivations also decreased