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Britain's Poorest Children
Britain’s Poorest Children Revisited focuses on the experience of severe and persistent child poverty in the UK during the period 1994-2002. The report begins by examining trends in childhood experience of severe and non-severe poverty between 1994 and 2002, with particular reference to changes after 1997, when new policies were introduced to address the problem of child poverty in the UK. This is followed by an examination of characteristics of children in severe and persistent poverty with particular reference to employment and benefit receipt of adult household members and family type and composition. The final section focuses on the experience of persistent and severe poverty in childhood and household as well as young people’s social exclusion. The findings provide useful insights on areas where significant improvements have been made in recent years, as well as highlight areas that require further policy attention.
The analysis presented in this report is a follow-up of an earlier study on Britain’s Poorest Children by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), commissioned by Save the Children Fund (UK). The earlier study used two data sets: the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey (PSE) of 1999; and the first nine waves (1991-1999) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Three further waves of the BHPS have since become available, making it possible to update the earlier analysis. The update centred on selected key aspects based on the findings of the earlier analysis that attracted most policy interest or needed more policy action.
Related Publications
Magadi, M. and Middleton, S., (2007) Severe Child Poverty in the UK, Save the Children, London, UK.
Adelman L., Middleton, S. and Ashworth, K., (2003) Britain’s Poorest Children: Severe and persistent poverty and social exclusion, Save the Children, London, UK.
Other CRSP Research Reports
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