Measuring poverty in Britain as a multi-dimensional concept, 1991 to 2003

Tomlinson, M., Walker, R. and Williams, G., 2008. Measuring poverty in Britain as a multi-dimensional concept, 1991 to 2003. Journal of Social Policy, 37 (4), pp. 597-620. ISSN 0047-2794

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Abstract

While poverty is widely accepted to be an inherently multi-dimensional concept, it has proved very difficult to develop measures that both capture this multi-dimensionality and facilitate comparison of trends over time. Structural equation modelling appears to offer a solution to this conundrum and is used to exploit the British Household Panel Study to create a multi-dimensional measure of poverty. The analysis reveals that the decline in poverty in Britain between 1991 and 2003 was driven by falls in material deprivation, but more especially by reduced financial stress, particularly during the early 1990s. The limitations and potential of the new approach are critically discussed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Social Policy
Creators:	Tomlinson, M., Walker, R. and Williams, G.
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	2008
Volume:	37
Number:	4
ISSN:	0047-2794
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1017/S0047279408002237 DOI
Rights:	Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 11:03
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2016 09:13
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22133

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