One in eight children from the MidWest are living in a household which has no adult in employment.
New CSO data has found that the proportion of children living in a jobless household increased by 1.3% in the past year.
A jobless household is one where no adult in the household is working, and the figures exclude households made up completely of students or adults over 65.
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The figures also show that the number of people living on their own in Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary has jumped by over 16,000 in the past six years.
