Resources, Deprivation and the Measurement of Poverty
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Social Policy
- Vol. 22 (2) , 141-172
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400019280
Abstract
Ringen has advocated the use of both income and deprivation criteria in identifying those excluded from society due to lack of resources, a widely accepted definition of poverty. We illustrate with Irish data how this might be done, paying particular attention to how appropriate indicators of deprivation are to be selected. The results show that employing both income and deprivation criteria rather than income alone can make a substantial difference to both the extent and composition of measured poverty. This highlights the restrictive nature of poverty conceived in terms of exclusion rather than minimum rights to resources.Keywords
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