In Romania, two thirds of the children in the lowest part of the income distribution are unable to invite friends round to play or eat from time to time as it is too costly for their household. It compares the rates for children in the poorest decile and for the total child population in 2009 and 2013 in the countries that collected child-specific items in 2013.17 The share of children in the bottom of the income distribution living in households which cannot afford books suitable for the child's age is considerably higher than the share of those deprived in the total child population. For instance in Slovakia the share of children in the poorest decile living in a household deprived of books is 48.4% compared to 11.3% for the total child population, this is a difference of 37.1 ppt.