Families with three or more children have the highest poverty risk (UNICEF and ISAE, 2009). Young families also have a higher probability of living in poverty. This may be related to the lack of affordable day care and kindergarten options. Once a child is bom into a family, usually the mother has to reduce her employment in order to take care of the child.1 Family income is reduced while, at the same time, the available income has to be shared with more members. In Kazakhstan, for example, households where the head is between 30 and 44 have the highest poverty risk (World Bank, 2009b).