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This paper seeks to investigate child poverty in Portugal, using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions microdata for 2004\u20102008. It explores the sociodemographic and economic attributes associated with child poverty in order to design the profile of income\u2010poor children. Furthermore, it analyses social policies efficiency in reducing child poverty.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper uses descriptive methods as well as econometric tools to select the characteristics of income\u2010poor children and to evaluate social policy efficiency. The estimation of a discrete choice model allows inference purposes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results obtained show that children included in large households and in lone\u2010parent households, are particularly at risk. Social policies undertaken had roughly impact on child poverty.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper aims to contribute to the literature by establishing the profile of income\u2010poor children, which may contribute to design more efficient policies to tackle the problem of child poverty. 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