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Income has been increasingly criticized as an indicator of childhood living conditions, especially at young ages. In this paper, we present a picture of poverty and multi-dimensional deprivation of children in France, around the time of their birth and during the first year of life. To do so, we use both an income poverty measure as well as a multiple deprivation approach, applied to a nationally representative survey of over 18,000 children born in France in 2011 (the Elfe cohort). We examine four dimensions of children's daily lives : material conditions ; parenting ; housing conditions ; and extreme housing conditions. Our results show that income poverty does not always overlap with deprivation : some children live in income-poor households without being deprived in the dimensions we study, and vice versa. Notably, we find only a small overlap between extreme housing deprivation or parental involvement and income poverty. Furthermore, we show that the population groups most at risk of deprivation in early life vary according to the dimension considered, and are distinct from the determinants of income poverty. For example, while single motherhood is the main driver of income poverty, it is not associated with an increased risk of housing deprivation nor with low parental involvement, when other socio-demographic characteristics are controlled for. This approach therefore adds more precision and nuance to our understanding of child poverty at very young ages in France., Castillo Rico Barbara, Leturcq Marion, Panico Lidia. Childhood poverty and deprivation at the starting gate in France. Examples using Elfe survey. In: Revue des politiques sociales et familiales, n°131-132, 2019. Le bien-être des enfants : un enjeu politique / Understanding children's well-being: A political issue. pp. 175-188.

Income has been increasingly criticized as an indicator of childhood living conditions, especially at young ages. In this paper, we present a picture of poverty and multi-dimensional deprivation of children in France, around the time of their birth and during the first year of life. To do so, we use both an income poverty measure as well as a multiple deprivation approach, applied to a nationally representative survey of over 18,000 children born in France in 2011 (the Elfe cohort). We examine four dimensions of children's daily lives: material conditions ; parenting ; housing conditions ; and extreme housing conditions. Our results show that income poverty does not always overlap with deprivation: some children live in income-poor households without being deprived in the dimensions we study, and vice versa. Notably, we find only a small overlap between extreme housing deprivation or parental involvement and income poverty. Furthermore, we show that the population groups most at risk of deprivation in early life vary according to the dimension considered, and are distinct from the determinants of income poverty. For example, while single motherhood is the main driver of income poverty, it is not associated with an increased risk of housing deprivation nor with low parental involvement, when other socio-demographic characteristics are controlled for. This approach therefore adds more precision and nuance to our understanding of child poverty at very young ages in France., Utiliser le revenu pour mesurer les conditions de vie des enfants est de plus en plus critiqué, en particulier pour les très jeunes enfants. Cet article propose une description multidimensionnelle de la pauvreté des enfants en France, au moment de leur naissance et pendant leur première année de vie, en utilisant une mesure de la pauvreté monétaire et une approche de la pauvreté en conditions de vie, à partir de l’Étude longitudinale française depuis l’enfance (la cohorte Elfe) qui est une enquête nationale représentative portant sur plus de dix-huit mille enfants nés en France en 2011. Les résultats montrent que la pauvreté monétaire ne coïncide pas toujours avec la pauvreté en conditions de vie : certains enfants vivent dans des ménages à faibles revenus sans pour autant être considérés comme pauvres tandis que d’autres dont les revenus sont plus élevés peuvent néanmoins être considérés comme pauvres au regard des conditions de vie. Cette approche permet d’être plus précis et plus nuancé dans la compréhension de la pauvreté des enfants à de très jeunes âges., Castillo Rico Barbara, Leturcq Marion, Panico Lidia. La pauvreté des enfants à la naissance en France. Résultats de l’enquête Elfe. In: Revue des politiques sociales et familiales, n°131-132, 2019. Le bien-être des enfants : un enjeu politique / Understanding children's well-being: A political issue. pp. 35-49.