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Understanding the relationship between pensioner poverty and material deprivation
— a synthesis of findings | | 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 | 5 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research summary) |
| 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 | Although income is an important factor in determining living standards, other non-financial factors can affect living standards. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes statistics on pensioners living on low incomes in the annual Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. Since 2009/10, HBAI has also included a measure of pensioner material deprivation (from the Family Resources Survey - FRS), which helps broaden the analysis of poverty beyond income. In 2010/11, 1.2 million people aged 65+ (12% of pensioners) were living on a low income; a further 7% (600,000 individuals) were materially deprived; and 2% (200,000 individuals) were both materially deprived and living on a low income. The vast majority (around 80%) do not experience low income or material deprivation. This summary presents synthesised findings from two recent research reports which explored material deprivation among older people. It identifies four types of deprivation (social, financial, housing and basic); the relationship between low income and material deprivation; and the depth of material deprivation. While the research concludes that low income does not automatically result in a pensioner living in material deprivation, it confirms the need for a broader poverty measure which looks beyond low income. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130308003 E |
| Classmark | F:W6: J3: JF: KE: CC: J: W6: 3DP |
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