The longer children live in bad housing, the more vulnerable they appear to be to a range of poor outcomes, according to a new NatCen report.

Over one in eight children (13 per cent) persistently lived in overcrowded accommodation between 2001 and 2005 according to analysis of the Families and Children Study (FACS), which interviews the same families at annual intervals.

The longer children lived in bad housing, the more likely they were to suffer from health problems, get bullied and struggle to keep up with homework.

The research summary is available to download from the NatCen website.