"A fifteen-country study, in which poverty was defined as income below half of the country’s median income, found that Britain had nearly the highest child poverty rate (20 percent)—surpassed only by the United States (22 percent) and Italy (21 percent)—while other European countries had much lower rates—11 percent in Germany, 8 percent in France, and 3 to 4 percent in the Scandinavian countries."—p. 25, Britain's War on Poverty