This report is the third update of Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales. It is set against the Welsh Government's stated commitment to end child poverty by 2020. After looking at the mixed results of policy over the last ten years, it examines how far higher employment might take Wales towards its goal - and what its wider implications might be. The study examined: poverty rates amongst adults, children and pensioners; under-employment; qualification levels; and the effects of higher employment on child poverty. Key findings showed that nearly 400,000 working-age adults, 200,000 children and 100,000 pensioners in Wales are in poverty, of which one third are disabled or have a disabled partner. Half the improvement in the child poverty rate between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s has been lost in the last five years. The report concludes that, in order to meet objectives, a commitment to eradication requires policy to be directed at reducing the number of part-working families as well as the number of workless ones. ‘Full-working’, which is not the norm at the moment, will need to become so.
This report is the third update of Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales. It is set against the Welsh Government's stated commitment to end child poverty by 2020. After looking at the mixed results of policy over the last ten years, it examines how far higher employment might take Wales towards its goal - and what its wider implications might be. The study examined: poverty rates amongst adults, children and pensioners; under-employment; qualification levels; and the effects of higher employment on child poverty. Key findings showed that nearly 400,000 working-age adults, 200,000 children and 100,000 pensioners in Wales are in poverty, of which one third are disabled or have a disabled partner. Half the improvement in the child poverty rate between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s has been lost in the last five years. The report concludes that, in order to meet objectives, a commitment to eradication requires policy to be directed at reducing the number of part-working families as well as the number of workless ones. ‘Full-working’, which is not the norm at the moment, will need to become so.
Subject terms:
poverty, qualifications, social policy, unemployment, children;
Written at a time of uncertainty due to the recent change in government, this edition of Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion is the thirteenth in a series that began in 1998. The report is organised around the recession and its effects. It has five chapters entitled low income, the recession, child and young adult well-being, adult well-being, and communities and services, into which the 50 indicators are organised. Chapter one looks at the number of people in low-income households and child poverty. The second chapter addresses unemployment and worklessness and debt. Chapter three looks at the economic circumstances, educational performance, health, and exclusion of children and young people, while chapter four addresses the economic circumstances, ill-health, and crime experiences of adults. The final chapter looks at neighbourhoods, using the indicators participation, influence, polarisation, homelessness, and satisfaction with local area, together with access to services, under the indicators of help to live at home, non-take-up of benefits, access to bank accounts, possession of home contents insurance, car ownership, and digital exclusion. The authors argue that the widening gap found between child and adult benefits, the increase in in-work poverty, and the evidence of increasing unemployment and elements of ‘underemployment’ prior to the start of the recession indicate a need for change in policies and highlight some of the main challenges facing the new government.
Written at a time of uncertainty due to the recent change in government, this edition of Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion is the thirteenth in a series that began in 1998. The report is organised around the recession and its effects. It has five chapters entitled low income, the recession, child and young adult well-being, adult well-being, and communities and services, into which the 50 indicators are organised. Chapter one looks at the number of people in low-income households and child poverty. The second chapter addresses unemployment and worklessness and debt. Chapter three looks at the economic circumstances, educational performance, health, and exclusion of children and young people, while chapter four addresses the economic circumstances, ill-health, and crime experiences of adults. The final chapter looks at neighbourhoods, using the indicators participation, influence, polarisation, homelessness, and satisfaction with local area, together with access to services, under the indicators of help to live at home, non-take-up of benefits, access to bank accounts, possession of home contents insurance, car ownership, and digital exclusion. The authors argue that the widening gap found between child and adult benefits, the increase in in-work poverty, and the evidence of increasing unemployment and elements of ‘underemployment’ prior to the start of the recession indicate a need for change in policies and highlight some of the main challenges facing the new government.
Subject terms:
mental health, low income, poverty, school exclusion, social exclusion, benefits, crime, debt, education, health;
This document summarises the findings of the New Policy Institute’s 13th annual report of poverty and social exclusion indicators. A table is given summarising changes over the last five and ten years together with more detailed comments and graphs relating to unemployment, low-income households, children in poverty, educational attainment, and ill health. The authors conclude that the findings highlight many challenges for the government including in-work poverty, educational attainment, young adult unemployment, health inequalities, and low-income households’ lack of access to essential services.
This document summarises the findings of the New Policy Institute’s 13th annual report of poverty and social exclusion indicators. A table is given summarising changes over the last five and ten years together with more detailed comments and graphs relating to unemployment, low-income households, children in poverty, educational attainment, and ill health. The authors conclude that the findings highlight many challenges for the government including in-work poverty, educational attainment, young adult unemployment, health inequalities, and low-income households’ lack of access to essential services.
Subject terms:
low income, physical illness, poverty, public health, social exclusion, unemployment, educational performance;
This report is the latest in the Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland series which has been published every two years since 2002. It is shaped as a response to key developments since the last report was published in 2008. Part 1 of the report sets out what has happened to poverty during the recession, and part 2 identifies possible weaknesses and gaps in the Scottish government’s current anti-poverty programme.
This report is the latest in the Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland series which has been published every two years since 2002. It is shaped as a response to key developments since the last report was published in 2008. Part 1 of the report sets out what has happened to poverty during the recession, and part 2 identifies possible weaknesses and gaps in the Scottish government’s current anti-poverty programme.
Subject terms:
low income, poverty, social exclusion, unemployment, government policy;
This summary of findings from the New Policy Institute’s twelfth annual report of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom focuses much on the recession but also shows some trends became negative much earlier in 2004 or 2005. Key points detail; the rises in unemployment, especially in young adults; the numbers of adults and children resident in low-income households; the improvements in education, with more 11 year olds reaching basic standards in English and maths; in public health with a reduction in the rate of premature death for both men and women before the age of 65; and in crime with a lowering of anxiety about being a victim of violent crime or burglary. A clear table summarising poverty and social exclusion indicators, and whether they have got better, worse or not changed over the past five or ten years is presented along with more detailed comments accompanied by graphs on low income, unemployment and the recession, health, education, and fear of crime. The authors conclude that recovery from the recession must also be considered in terms of the underlying problems that were already growing before the economic downturn began.
This summary of findings from the New Policy Institute’s twelfth annual report of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom focuses much on the recession but also shows some trends became negative much earlier in 2004 or 2005. Key points detail; the rises in unemployment, especially in young adults; the numbers of adults and children resident in low-income households; the improvements in education, with more 11 year olds reaching basic standards in English and maths; in public health with a reduction in the rate of premature death for both men and women before the age of 65; and in crime with a lowering of anxiety about being a victim of violent crime or burglary. A clear table summarising poverty and social exclusion indicators, and whether they have got better, worse or not changed over the past five or ten years is presented along with more detailed comments accompanied by graphs on low income, unemployment and the recession, health, education, and fear of crime. The authors conclude that recovery from the recession must also be considered in terms of the underlying problems that were already growing before the economic downturn began.
Subject terms:
low income, poverty, public health, social exclusion, unemployment, crime victims, educational performance;