Four out of every 10 children in Greater Mendoza live in an environment with some type of pollution

This was indicated by the 1st report of 2024 of the Social Debt Barometer in Argentinabelonging to the Catholic University (UCA).

Its about Diagnosis of Children’s Habitat for Sustainable Developmentand covers very heterogeneous issues, from environmental pollution, to access to basic services, to the perception of insecurity.

In the case of Greater Mendoza, although it is one of the best positioned areas in many of the variables in this document, there are striking aspects that should be noted.

Children and environmental pollution

In it second half of 2023it was estimated that almost half of the population of children and adolescents in urban Argentina lived in spaces with some deficit in the conditions of the living environment. In the case of Mendoza, that percentage is 41.4%

Among the forms of pollution, the report highlights pests, followed by open dumps, burning of garbageand in lesser extent is recorded presence of polluting factories.

The situation worsens when it comes to the poorest boys and girls: in the marginal worker social stratum they are twice as likely to live in a polluting environment as children who belong to the middle professional stratum.

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Meanwhile, the 7.3% of Mendoza boys, girls and adolescents They live in houses with some deficit in the system of sewersto the 25.6% land a occurs similar situation with connection to the natural gas network and while the children affected by a deficit in access to water is low (1.2%) it is The perception that there is a lack of water in their neighborhood is high: this is true in 15.7% of cases.

Worrying overcrowded conditions

The report also highlights that in Greater Mendoza, 16.5% of the boys between 0 and 17 years old live in overcrowded conditions: this is homes with 3 or more people per room.

This situation is More frequently in it marginal worker stratum.

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Furthermore, the 9.6% of childrengirls and adolescents from Greater Mendoza They live in houses considered precarious, whether it’s by its type (room, tenement, tenement, housing, ranch, hotel rooms, housing instead of work) or its materials (adobe with or without plaster, wood, sheet metal or cardboard).

This happens to 29% of the population in the marginal worker stratum.

He The percentage of children whose family does not have their own home is high in Greater Mendoza: 37% of cases. Of these, 23% rent and 14% live in an irregular tenure situation.