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Necessities
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14/10/2013
PSE UK 2012: Attitudes to necessities and services questionnaire
In this questionnaire, respondents are asked to say which of a range of items and activities they feel are necessities and which might be desirable but are not necessary. Items and activities for adults and, separately, those for children are covered. Items and activities covered include housing, household goods, food, clothing, personal goods, insurance and savings, pocket money and social and leisure activities. The results, broken down by social groups, can be found under Explore the Data. An overview of the findings on attitudes to necessities are in What do we think we need? of what constutues minimum standards, the degree of agreement and changes over time. The attached is just the questionnaire; an annotated version of this questionnaire with top level results will be posted shortly.
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09/10/2013
Attitudes to necessities in the PSE 2012 survey: are minimum standards becoming less generous
This PSE UK analysis working paper asks whether minimum standards have become less generous than in the past and if so why. It examines which items and activities in the 2012 PSE attitudes to necessities survey are considered by a majority of people to be necessary for an acceptable standard of living in the UK todayCategory: Result analysis -
09/10/2013
Attitudes to necessities 2012: Great Britain versus Northern Ireland in UK Omnibus data set
This statistical briefing note compares differences between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in items reported as ‘necessary’ using the harmonised UK Omnibus dataset. Heat maps and relative risk ratio calculations were carried out separately for all adult and child items and activities. No major differences are apparent between respondents.
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07/10/2013
Bias in the Northern Ireland Omnibus June 2012 sort card module?
The statistical briefing examines the implications of a programming error that resulted in higher than expected amounts of missing data in the ‘sort card’ sample of the June 2012 Northern Ireland Omnibus Necessities Module. It concludes that the missing data can be considered to be MAR (Missing At Random) and they are ignorable for analyses of the proportion of respondents considering an item or activity to be a necessity as long as both the missing data and the don’t knows are excluded from the numerator and denominator i.e. if the don’t knows are set to ‘missing’.
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28/06/2013
Cost of minimum income standard up by a quarter
The cost of a minimum acceptable standard of living has risen by a quarter since the start of the economic downturn, according to a new analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The report provides the 2013 update of the minimum income standard (MIS) for the United Kingdom, based on what members of the public think people need for an acceptable minimum standard of living. The MIS was first calculated in 2008.Category: Reports -
20/06/2013
Can relative poverty be abolished?
The idea that if poverty is relative it will always be with us is a common misconception, argues John Veit-Wilson. 'Relative poverty' can be abolished if no one has fewer resources than needed to achieve that society’s minimum standards.
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15/06/2013
Essential markets ‘failing’ those on lowest incomes
Key markets for utilities and financial services are failing those on the lowest incomes, says a new report. It calculates that higher prices for utilities and credit – the 'poverty premium' – can raise the cost of a minimum household budget by around 10 per cent.
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09/04/2013
Birthdays on the breadline
Over half of parents in lower-income groups cannot afford to organise birthday parties for their children, according to the findings of a new survey. An opinion poll was combined with focus group research to give a picture of the financial stress surrounding children's parties for those in poverty.
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01/04/2013
Inflation ‘hits poorest families hardest’
Inflation is hitting the poorest families up to a third harder than the richest ones, due to the soaring cost of essentials such as gas and food, says the charity Barnardo's in a new report. Its conclusions are based on interviews with low-income families and new analysis of economic data.
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28/01/2013
Income needs of older pensioners ‘same as others’
Older pensioners do not have fewer needs compared with younger pensioners, a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study has found – contrary to suggestions that because they lead more restricted lives they also have reduced financial needs.
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