The current cost of living is pushing more people into poverty, with almost 68% of low income...
Working papers
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07/06/2012
Improving Poverty and Social Exclusion Measures for Older People
This paper provides a review of various measures pertaining to older people used in the 1999 Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) survey and offers suggestions for improvement. Six measurement areas were identified: deprivation; social capital; limitations in activities of daily living; receipt of informal care; receipt of health and social services; and provision of unpaid care.
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22/11/2011
PSE UK Working papers
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom is a major research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Launched in May 2010, two major surveys into the public’s perceptions of necessities and into living standards were carried out in 2012.
The first results were published on 28 March, 2013. More results will be published shortly.
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