This volume represents one part of a larger research project undertaken by the Department of welfare of the city of Reykjavík which has the objectives to explore the extent of child poverty in Reykjavík as well as to elicit the perspective of the children living in poverty on their circumstances.
Rannsóknin er hluti af stærri rannsókn á vegum velferðarsviðs Reykjavíkurborgar þar sem verið er að kanna umfang fátæktar og reynslu reykvískra barna af því að búa við fátækt.