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This major research project, funded by the ESRC with £4.3 million, focuses on poverty and social exclusion. Running from April 2010 to October 2013, the collaborative effort involves leading academic institutions aiming to enhance the measurement of poverty and drive policy-relevant outcomes. Building on the consensual minimum standards approach, the research assesses multiple deprivations, including social aspects. The project incorporates data from surveys conducted in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s to analyze trends over a 30-year period and evaluate the impact of national policies. By examining deprivation indicators alongside income levels, the project intends to develop new poverty measures and a living standard index for the UK. International collaboration and research dissemination through various channels are key components of this initiative to create awareness and inform policy decisions for tackling poverty and social exclusion effectively.
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Funded by the ESRC Major grant – £4.3 million The UK’s largest ever research project on poverty and social exclusion Start April 2010 End October 2013 The research grant
The Research team • University of Bristol • Heriot-Watt University • The Open University • Queen's University Belfast • University of Glasgow • The University of York
The research aims • Improve measurement of poverty and social exclusion • Independent assessment on poverty targets • Measure the change over past 30 years • Produce policy-relevant results
Earlier work • Breadline Britain 1983 • Breadline Britain 1990 • PSE 1999 • PSE Northern Ireland 2002
Breadline Britain 1983 • Pioneered the “consensual” minimum standards approach to poverty • Built on earlier work looking at living standards and relative deprivation • Measured actual living standard • Identified necessities • Allowed for choice
The consensual method Sees poverty as: “an enforced lack of socially perceived necessities” Examines: Multiple deprivation including social as well as material deprivation Allows for: Comparison of deprivation indicators with income
Follow up – 1990s • Breadline Britain 1990 survey (JRF & LWT) • European Community Household Panel surveys • Incorporated into Irish anti-poverty legislation (1997) • Australian and New Zealand government surveys
PSE 1999 • Extended indicators of social exclusion • Furthered work on cross national comparisons • Allowed greater investigation with other social indicators (crime, unemployment, poor health etc) • Developed income/deprivation index
PSE NI, 2002 • Examined indicators of social divide • Looked at impact of violence and the “troubles” • Constructed a living standard index
PSE 2011 - methodology Two stage survey: • Necessities survey using the NatCen Omnibus survey in Britain and the NISRA Omnibus survey in June 2011 2. Main deprivation survey using FRS in April 2012 with 4,000 households in Britain and further 800 in NI In parallel, some in depth qualitative research will be undertaken
PSE 2011- measurement aims • To develop new combined income/deprivation poverty measures • To construct a standard of living index for the UK • To facilitate the re-basing of the data on necessities incorporated into UK government measurement of child poverty • To test the reliability of the material deprivation module currently being incorporated into EU-SILC
PSE 2011 - analysis • Track change over last 30 years • Provide independent assessment of impact of government policy • Detailed analysis of deprivation by group • Undertake longitudinal analysis using new data and back benefit records of survey participants • Examine policy implications
PSE - international Work with international team who have carried out similar “necessities” based approaches to poverty research in: Japan, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, EU and others
PSE – dissemination • Poverty website • Conferences • Publications • Television programmes • Social media and You Tube etc
www.poverty.ac.uk First stage • Open research process • Using the web for research – necessities survey • Past PSE research • International conferences papers and research
www.poverty.ac.uk Second stage • Past survey data • New visualisation tools • Related research • Comment blog
www.poverty.ac.uk By 2013 • All data from current and past surveys • Research resource bank on poverty and social exclusion • Educational resource bank • Video case studies • International research • Engage policy makers in debate • Stimulate public interest