Area deprivation

  • 24/05/2013

    ‘Crisis’ of worklessness and welfare dependency

    The 'crisis' of worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK cannot be blamed on the global economic recession, according to a new report from a right-of-centre think tank linked to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith MP. 

    Subjects: Area deprivation, Intergenerational disadvantage, Unemployment
    Category: Reports
  • 20/05/2013

    Small-area measures of income poverty

    Some of the difficulties of measuring poverty at the small-area level have been highlighted in a new paper from the LSE's Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. The paper's author cautiously suggests a system of proxies based on benefits data as the most promising way forward.

    The paper is the latest from the 'Social Policy in a Cold Climate' research programme, examining the effects of the major economic and political changes in the UK since 2007 – particularly on the distribution of wealth, poverty, inequality and spatial difference.

    Subjects: Area deprivation, Poverty measurement
    Category: Reports
  • 11/04/2013

    Poorest areas hit hardest by benefit cuts

    The most deprived areas of Great Britain will also be the ones hit hardest by the coalition's policy of cutting benefits and tax credits, according to a new analysis from the Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research in Sheffield.

    The study does not cover the new universal credit system, which is not considered likely to have a major impact before 2018.

    Subjects: Area deprivation, Benefits, Government cuts, Tax credits
    Category: Reports
  • 23/01/2013

    Disadvantaged communities in Scotland ‘abandoned’

    A sense of economic and political 'abandonment' has been highlighted in a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study of how the recession is affecting disadvantaged communities in Scotland. It warns of worsening pressures on these communities as the recession continues and as austerity measures begin to bite even harder.

    Subjects: Scotland, Area deprivation
    Category: Reports
  • 22/10/2012

    24,000 families in Scotland face ‘severe disadvantage’

    As many as 24,000 families in Scotland face severe disadvantage – amounting to 4 per cent of the total population of families with children – according to a think-tank report.

    The Demos report emphasises that hardship is about much more than just low income. The report defines severe disadvantage as having four or more disadvantages out of the following seven: low income, worklessness, lack of qualifications, poor physical health, mental illness, overcrowded living conditions, and a poor-quality neighbourhood.

    Subjects: Scotland, Poverty forecast, Low-income households, Area deprivation
    Category: Reports
  • 07/06/2012

    Housing and the Living Environment Indicators in the PSE survey

    This paper discusses indicators to housing and the living environment, Domain 10 of the Bristol Social Exclusion Matrix (BSEM), for use in the Poverty and Social Exclusion survey. Indicators that capture the relationship between poverty and housing must give a good picture of the following main areas: the physical quality of housing; the degree of (over)crowdedness; the suitability for the specific needs of the household; the security of tenure and the affordability of housing. The effect of housing on other measures of poverty and social exclusion extend to the quality of the neighbourhood and the wider area in which housing is located, referred to as the living environment, which will be measured through various indicators of neighbourhood quality.

    Subjects: Area deprivation, Benefits, Deprivation, Fuel poverty, Homeless, Housing, Inequality, Necessities, Poverty measurement, Social exclusion, Working papers
    Category: Methods development
  • 24/04/2012

    New ‘Humankind Index’ for Scotland

    Oxfam has published the first results of a new ‘Humankind Index’ for Scotland, designed to measure prosperity through a wider set of indicators than simple gross domestic product. The index involves a weighted set of elements that people say are the most important influences on their ability to live well:

    Subjects: Scotland, Area deprivation, Necessities
    Category: Reports
  • 11/04/2012

    Poverty ‘shifting from inner to outer London’

    Poor neighbourhoods are increasing in number in outer London boroughs but getting fewer in the centre, a new analysis by the University of Sheffield has shown.

    Although the poorest places in the capital are still in the eastern centre of the city, it appears that poverty is being pushed out into the suburbs.

    The analysis shows that:

    430 neighbourhoods in London have become significantly more deprived than their neighbours since 2004, 400 of them in the outer boroughs. In contrast, 374 neighbourhoods across London (mainly in the west and central parts of the city) have become significantly less deprived.

    The poverty data is based on an analysis by Alasdair Rae at the University of Sheffield of the official Indices of Multiple Deprivation, which measure relative poverty across England between 2004 and 2010.

    Subjects: Area deprivation, Poverty forecast, Deprivation
    Category: News stories

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