Children are the age group most likely to live in poverty. In any given month, about 20% of children are living in households subsisting below the poverty line. Children make up about 25% of the U.S. population as a whole, but they make up more than 40% of the chronically poor (that is, those who live in poverty every month for 36 months in a row). The birth of a child is among the most common "precipitating events" for a poverty spell (i.e. the trigger; job losses and health crises are other common precipitating events). What is it about the way poverty is defined/measured and about social policy that produces this result? As in the previous question, there are many relevant factors, but you don't need to cover everything. Just identify two relevant factors, which may overlap with the factors you named in your answer to the previous question. (3-4 sentences)