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| Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 1999 | | Author(s) | Catherine Howarth, Peter Kenway, Guy Palmer |
| Corporate Author | New Policy Institute; Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, 1999 |
| Pages | 89 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Social indicators ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This report provides updated figures for 50 indicators that between them portray the key features of poverty and social exclusion in Great Britain. The indicators (updated to 1998 or 1999, depending on data availability) show, among other things: the number of people on very low incomes (defined as less than 40% of average income) rose significantly between 1995 and 1998; the overall numbers of people with incomes below half of the national average remains steady at around 10.5 million people on the "before housing costs" measure, or around 4 million after housing costs; and health inequalities continue to worsen. This edition also contains a summary of government policy introduced since May 1997. A chapter on older people focuses four themes: economic circumstances (represented by no private income, and spending on "essentials"); vulnerability (represented by excess winter deaths, and limiting long-standing illness or disability); health and well-being (represented by anxiety); and access to services (represented by help from social services to live at home, and not having a telephone). (RH)). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100217211 B |
| Classmark | W6: TM:3RI: 4C |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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