Introduction

1. Numbers of childhood: children and their famiglie
1.1. The overall picture
1.2. Childhood in different famiglie (Family instability: separations and divorces; Single parent family; Siblings and only children; Working parents; Working mothers; Children looked after by grandparents; Non-Italian famiglie; Housing problems)
1.3. Economic conditions of families

2. Children in poverty
2.1. Absolute poverty of children
2.2. “Relatively poor” children (Are the families with children the poorest?; Families in need)
2.3. Children in immigrant families

3. Can children  access services?
3.1. Money or services? (Maternity and parental leale)
3.2. Territorial provision of services for children 0-6 (A global picture of services for children 0-2; Day care for children aged 0-2; Supplemental services; Kindergarten for children aged 3-5; Out-of-home children)

4. Italy in the  international context
4.1. Access to services (Formal and non-formal care; Enrolment in childcare and pre-schools; Maternity and parental leale; 4.2. Inequality and risk of poverty)
4.3. The effectiveness of family cash and in-kind support