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Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2006
- Authors:
- PALMER Guy, MACINNES Tom, KENWAY Peter
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This is the 9th in a series of annual reports aiming to provide an independent assessment of progress in eliminating poverty and reducing social exclusion. It covers issues from work and education to health and housing. The analysis is built around a set of 50 indicators organised into 6 chapters. Four of the chapters are focused on particular age groups, namely children, young adults aged under 25, adults aged 25 to retirement, and adults above retirement. In addition, there is a chapter looking at low income and one looking at community issues. Among the findings are that half of all children still in poverty are living in families doing paid work. It concludes that unless the scale of in-work poverty can be reduced, future substantial reductions in child poverty are very unlikely. The big fall in poverty among pensioners has been a major success of the anti-poverty strategy. By contrast, the failure to reduce poverty among working-age adults has been a major weakness. Progress in the numbers reaching ‘headline’ standards at age 11 and 16 has been made but this diverts attention from the quarter of 19-year-olds who fail to reach a minimum educational standard.
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2001
- Authors:
- RAHMAN Mohibur, PALMER Guy, KENWAY Peter
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 97p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The reduction of poverty and social exclusion was a major objective of Labour's first term and remains key in the second. Fifty indicators are provided to assess progress, representing the most comprehensive independent monitoring of this policy area. In this report data is presented in a number of sections covering overall income trends and other indicators relating to children, young adults, adults, older people and communities. Particular attention is given to health, education, employment and factors relating to local areas.