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Life on the margins : hidden poverty and the 'real' cost of living for pensioners — a report of the research project undertaken by the North Staffs Pensioner's Convention, 1993
Author(s)	Ursula Dobraszczyc, Steve Outram
Corporate Author	Staffordshire University; North Staffordshire Pensioners Convention
Publisher	unpublished, [1993]
Pages	20 pp
Keywords	Pensions ; Poverty ; Cost of living ; Participation ; Research ; Projects ; Stoke-on-Trent.
Annotation	This report is based on a research project by the North Staffordshire Pensioners Convention into the living costs of pensioners in Stoke-on-Trent. The aim of the research was to go beyond the general picture given by the statistics which are commonly used as indicators of changes in living standards, and instead talk to older people about their quality of life and the decisions they have to make when living on a pension. Results are based on interviews with 3 men on their own, 18 women on their own, and 7 couples. A few were also invited to keep diaries in which they noted their expenditure over a month. This report presents findings on the interview topics of age, income, housing, fuel, food, health, social and domestic expenditure. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010521204 P
Classmark	JJ: W6: J3C: TMB: 3A: 3E: 8STC *
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