BRUSSELS, May 29 (UPI) -- A UNICEF study of 35 developed
countries found the United States had the second-highest rate of
child poverty after Romania. The study - -titled Report Card 10
-- found the child poverty rate in Romania was 26.5 percent. The
U.S. rate was 23.1 percent, followed by Latvia and Bulgaria at
18.8 percent, Spain at 17.1 percent and Greece at 16 percent.
Iceland had the lowest child poverty rate, 4.7 percent, followed
by Finland at 5.3 percent, Cyprus and the Netherlands at 6.1
percent and Norway at 6.3 percent. Report Card 10, from UNICEF's
Office of Research, looked not only at child poverty but child
deprivation across the industrialized world. It defined a child
as deprived if he or she lacked two or more of a list of 14
basic items, such as three meals a day, a quiet place to do
homework, educational books at home, or an Internet connection.
The highest rates of deprivation were in Romania, Bulgaria and
Portugal, but even some richer countries, such as France and
Italy, have deprivatio