Strategies for overcoming poverty in families with children

Families with minor children present a significant and at the same time vulnerable group of population due to high dependency ratio. In case of difficult situation they make efforts to get out of it and to raise the level and quality of life. Among the most common proactive strategies for overcoming poverty are: search of additional income sources and territorial mobility. The strategies of a reactive character are: partial engagement in subsistence farming, conversion of family material resources, as well as financial support from external sources (mainly from relatives and friends, and rarely from governmental and civic organizations).