Poverty in Britain 1899 to 1983

1 July 1988

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Social Policy

Vol. 17 (3) , 335-349
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400016846

Abstract

Past comparisons of the extent of poverty in Britain have been based on widely differing poverty levels. A constant relative poverty level is defined and new estimates of the extent of poverty from 1899 to 1983, based on this consistent standard, are presented. Factors that have contributed to the past changes are analysed.

Keywords

BRITAIN
EXTENT
WIDELY DIFFERING
CONSTANT RELATIVE
CONSISTENT STANDARD
NEW ESTIMATES
RELATIVE POVERTY
DIFFERING POVERTY
POVERTY LEVEL

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Poverty in the United Kingdom
Published by University of California Press ,1979
Condition and Occupations of the People of East London and Hackney, 1887
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 1888