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| Progress on poverty, 1997 to 2003/04 | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 043, October 2003 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, October 2003 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Website: www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Social policy ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | The Government has set the target of ending child poverty in a generation and reducing it by one quarter by 2004. These findings report a study by Holly Sutherland, Tom Sefton and David Piachaud from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics (LSE), in which they give the most detailed analysis to date of progress towards these goals and the prospects of reaching the short-term target. The study used the same definition as the Government of "relative poverty": household income below 60% of the median income level in one year. Analysis is based largely on data from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), and for indirect taxes the Family Expenditure Survey (FES). Changes in poverty were assessed using the microsimulation model POLIMOD. The findings note that pensioner poverty showed little change between 1996/7 and 2000/1, but a substantial reduction between 2000/1 and 2003/4. However, the size of the fall is sensitive to the measure of income used, and depends on whether or not housing costs - which are generally lower for pensioners - are taken into account. The full report, "Poverty in Britain: the impact of government policy since 1997", is published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031113002 A |
| Classmark | W6: TM2: 4C: 3J |
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