Deprivation

02/09/2016

Austerity fall on the poorest reveals Bank of England survey

The Bank of England has been doing its own evaluation of the impact of austerity and the results reveal that the worst effects are falling on the poorest, children and the sick or disabled. Nick Bailey examines the findings.

Subjects: Child poverty, Deprivation, Disability, Inequality
Category: Articles
21/07/2016

Original notes and documents from the 'Poverty in UK' study

Below you can access a variety of documents relating to the 1968/69 'Poverty in the UK' research survey and for a detailed study of large families that was part of this overall project. The documents also cover material produced for Peter Townsend's book of the survey, Poverty in the UK (1979). They cover research notes, survey design, correspondence, letters and chapter drafts for the Townsend book.

These documents provide an insight into the thinking that lay behind the study, the refinement of the research process as the study progressed, and the discussions - and, at times, disagreements - that surrounded it.

Subjects: Deprivation, Disability, Health, Inequality, Poverty measurement
Category: Townsend document
10/03/2016

Poverty and local services in the midst of austerity

This latest PSE report assesses the state of local public and private services and trends since 1999. It finds that while most universal services have high usage, leisure and cultural services have seen falls in usage risking a spiral of decline.

Subjects: Area deprivation, Deprivation, Local services, Low-income households, Public services, Working papers
Category: PSE Report
07/03/2016

Urban and rural poverty in Scotland

Analysis of the PSE-UK survey results finds significant poverty in every kind of location in Scotland with poverty highest in large urban areas and lowest in remote towns though there is strong evidence that access to services is worse in more rural or remote locations.

Subjects: Area deprivation, Debt, Deprivation, Income poverty, Low pay, Necessities, Poverty measurement, Scotland, Social exclusion, Social networks, Stigma, Transport
Category: PSE Report
10/02/2016

Redefining poverty will not help poor children

The government wants to redefine poverty to be a measure of workless homes and educational attainment. But most children in poverty live in households where at least one adults works. Gill Main questions how this proposal helps tackle child poverty.

Subjects: Child poverty, Deprivation, Families, Government policy, In-work poverty, Income poverty, Intra-household poverty
Category: Articles
05/02/2016

Published output

The PSE team have published the results of the Northern Ireland PSE survey research, the findings of the PSE UK qualitative research in Northern Ireland and the methodolgy and impact of the PSE community collaboration project in the following publications and journal papers.
Books 'Child Poverty in Northern Ireland: Results from the Poverty and Social Exclusion Study' by Mike Tomlinson, Paddy Hillyard and Grace Kelly
In 'Beneath the Surface: Child Poverty in Northern Ireland', (pp. 11-34, Chapter 2) Belfast: Child Poverty Alliance (2014)

Summary

Subjects: Deprivation, Employment, Families, Northern Ireland, Poverty measurement
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03/02/2016

Briefings, PhD theses and other reports

Are subjective measures of well being effective at identifying risk of material deprivation? What are they measuring? How should we take account of children's views when examining measures of child poverty? Read Grace Kelly and Gill Main's Phd theses drawing on the PSE research.

Subjects: Child poverty, Deprivation, Homeless, Inequality, International comparisons, Living standards, Low-income households, Mental health, Necessities, Poverty measurement, Social exclusion
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01/02/2016

Books

OUT NOW - the two-volume study based on the findings of the Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK research. Volume 1 examines the extent of poverty and volume 2 the different dimensions of disadvantage. Published by Policy Press on November 29, 2017.

Subjects: Deprivation, Families, Government policy, Health, Housing, Income distribution, Labour party, Liberal Democrats, Living standards, Low pay, Low-income households, Parenting, Pensions, Poverty measurement, Unemployment, Universalism, Unpaid labour, Wealth
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29/01/2016

Journal papers

Read the Journal papers coming from the PSE research. The latest paper examines how analyses of the micro paradata ‘by-products’ from the 1967/1968 Poverty in the United Kingdom (PinUK) and 2012 Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (PSE) surveys highlight changes in the conditions of survey production over this 45 year period in the latest output from the PSE research.

Subjects: Benefits, Child poverty, Deprivation, Disability, Discrimination, Early intervention, Employment, Families, Gender, Housing, Low pay, Necessities, Northern Ireland, Older people, Parenting, Pensions, Shame, Social networks, The troubles
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26/01/2016

Community engagement project in Northern Ireland

As part of the PSE UK team's commitment to encouraging public engagement, stimulating debate and informing policy, the team sought to develop new approaches to engaging with grassroots lobbying groups, community practitioners and people directly affected by poverty and social exclusion. In collaboration with the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland a pilot project was run with eight local community groups across Northern Ireland. The final report of the project's impact, 'We are sitting with the big people now', details the empowering impact this project had on the people involved. Further details can be found under Communities in Action including the videos and other outputs of the community groups involved.

Subjects: Area deprivation, Benefits, Deprivation, Northern Ireland, Social networks, Working papers
Category: PSE Report

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