Each question involves you interpreting the information provided by the model within your answers.

The model output consists of three tables.

Table 1 can be the most confusing of the output indicators. The indicator of particular interest is the IS line. The IS line can be interpreted as follows; the poorest households (highest likelihood of child poverty) are below the 110% value of their IS line. Therefore, a well targeted policy would remove a large number of children in families below 110% of their IS line. In other words, seek large % changes within this group

Table 2 highlights the costs of the policy you have implemented and how successfully the policy has been targeted. A key indicator is "% on target"

Table 3 is the visual output of the results by decile income group. The decile income group divides households into 10 income groups. The highest income group is numbered 10. You need to remember that child poverty is strongly associated with income. Consequently, a successful policy to alleviate child policy will result in proportionately higher gains for groups 1 and 2 (the poorest households in society)

Discuss the gains from the policy, for instance

• Has the number of children in families below 110% of the IS line fallen dramatically ?
• What is the percentage rate for "off target" ?
• Which decile group has gained the most from the policy, are these groups in most poverty ?

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