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‘We are all in this together’? the hidden costs of poverty, recession and austerity policies on Britain's poorest children
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 27(5), 2013, p.406–417.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
...to understand how and in what ways policy change and welfare retrenchment may uniquely impinge on low-income children's lives. It reveals that recent cuts and welfare changes have threatened to overlook their needs and exacerbate their deepest concerns. (Publisher abstract)
Following families: working lone-mother families and their children
- Authors:
- RIDGE Tess, Millar Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 45(1), February 2011, pp.85-97.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Noting that lone mothers in the UK are at high risk of poverty compared with other families with children, this article reports on longitudinal qualitative research with lone mothers. The research followed a sample of lone mothers and their children from south-west England and Yorkshire, from when the mothers started work after spending a period of time out of work and claiming benefits...
‘It didn’t always work’: low-income children’s experiences of changes in mothers’ working patterns in the UK
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 8(4), October 2009, pp.503-513.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Underpinning Labour's welfare-to-work policies is an assumption that employment will benefit disadvantaged children and their families. However, the effect of low-income and unstable employment on lone mothers and their children is uncertain. This article draws on interviews with children drawn from a qualitative, longitudinal study undertaken in three waves between 2003 and 2007 of low-income...
It's a family affair: low-income children's perspectives on material work
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(3), July 2007, pp.399-416.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article presents new empirical findings from a qualitative, longitudinal study of low-income working family life. It explores the experiences and perceptions of a group of children living in low-income, working, lone-mother households. Their accounts disclose the impact on children's everyday lives of their mothers' move into low-paid employment following a period out of the labour market...
A fine balance: managing work and family life
- Authors:
- RIDGE Tess, Millar Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 125, Autumn 2006, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
This article reports on the findings of interviews with lone mothers and their children which revealed that managing work and family life is an undertaking that involves the whole family. Rather than being a barrier to employment, they show children can play an important role in supporting their mothers stay in work. The findings are part of a research project funded by the Economic and Social...
Families, poverty, work and care: a review of the literature on lone parents and low-income couple families with children
- Authors:
- Millar Jane, RIDGE Tess
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 248p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The mains aims of this review are to: provide a critical summary of recent research on families, focusing on lone parents and low-income couples; to review evidence about what works in respect of policies intended to promote employment among these families; and to identify gaps in our knowledge about the needs and circumstances of such families.
Listening to children: their contribution to anti-poverty policies
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 111, Winter 2002, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Argues that for anti-poverty strategies to be successful, they need to allow children's own voices to be heard.
Excluding children: autonomy, friendship and the experience of the care system
- Authors:
- RIDGE Tess, Millar Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 34(2), June 2000, pp.160-175.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores the meaning and experience of social exclusion for children by focusing on children and young people, "looked after" in the public care system. The sample involved children who had minimal contact with their parents, and who although not currently materially poor were vulnerable to a high future risk of experiencing poverty. Using in-depth interviews, the study revealed...
The ‘Go-Between’: low-income children negotiating relationships of money and care with their separated parents
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 31(2), 2017, pp.87-97.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The UK is moving from a centralised administrative child support system to one of private ordering where the state will only intervene under limited circumstances. This requires parents to agree and set up suitable, sustainable arrangements. This has particular implications for children, although the child perspective is often overlooked. This article situates children as active social agents... (Publisher abstract)
The everyday costs of poverty in childhood: a review of qualitative research exploring the lives and experiences of low-income children in the UK
- Author:
- RIDGE Tess
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 25(1), January 2011, pp.73-84.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This review summarises the findings from a critical summary of evidence from qualitative research carried out in the UK with low-income children and parents over a 10-year period from 1998 to 2008. The research was commissioned by the Child Poverty Unit (CPU) to address a gap in policy awareness about the lived experience of childhood poverty and to inform CPU plans. Despite some gaps