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Understanding the relationship between pensioner poverty and material deprivation
— a report of research carried out by NatCen on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions | | Author(s) | Mehul Kotecha, Sue Arthur, Steven Coutinho |
| Corporate Author | National Centre for Social Research - NatCen; Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Department for Work and Pensions - DWP, London, 2013 |
| Pages | 77 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research report, no 827) |
| Source | http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstrac... |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Expenditure [elderly] ; Income [older people] ; Housing [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Financial services [older people] ; Poverty ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide qualitative insight into poverty and material deprivation among older people. The research is based on data from a measure of pensioner material deprivation included in the Family Resources Survey (FRS) since May 2008 and reported in the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) report since 2009/10. This data provides knowledge about older peoples' living standards, but other areas merit further exploration. This report examines the impact of key factors on material deprivation: housing; financial and material support; health and material circumstance; and financial management. Attitudes around living on a low income had a significant effect on how materially deprived individuals felt and also how they prioritised and organised their spending. The research took as its starting point a sample of respondents defined by the FRS as being in one of four groups: low income and materially deprived; low income and not materially deprived; just above low income and materially deprived; and just above low income and not materially deprived. Case studies illustrate some of the individual circumstances. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-130308002 E |
| Classmark | F:W6: J3: JF: KE: CC: J: W6: 3DP |
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