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Poverty in the United Kingdom : A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living
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9780520325760
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December 31 1979
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September 14 2020
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10.1525/9780520325760
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Book chapters
pp. 1
Frontmatter
pp. 5
Contents
pp. 15
List of Text Figures
pp. 17
Preface
pp. 25
Acknowledgements
pp. 31
1. Introduction: Concepts of Poverty and Deprivation
pp. 61
2 Theories of Poverty
pp. 93
3 Methods of Research
pp. 116
4 Inequality and Poverty, 1938-68
pp. 177
5 The Concept and Distribution of Resources
pp. 237
6 Three Measures of Poverty
pp. 272
7 The Incidence of Poverty
pp. 304
8 The Impact of Poverty
pp. 337
9 The Rich
pp. 369
10 Social Class and Styles of Living
pp. 413
11 Objective and Subjective Deprivation
pp. 432
12 Deprivation at Work
pp. 476
13 Deprivation in Housing
pp. 529
14 Deprivation of Environment
pp. 543
15 The Problems of Poor Areas
pp. 565
16 Social Minorities
pp. 588
17 The Unemployed and the Sub-employed
pp. 618
18 The Low Paid
pp. 652
19 The Older Worker
pp. 685
20 Disabled People and the Long-term Sick
pp. 740
21 Handicapped Children
pp. 753
22 One-Parent Families
pp. 784
23 Old People
pp. 823
24 Eligibility for Supplementary Benefit
pp. 860
25 The Failure of Means-tested Benefits
pp. 893
26 Conclusion I: The Social Distribution of Poverty and Trends in the 1970s
pp. 913
27 Conclusion II: The Explanation and Elimination of Poverty
pp. 927
Appendix One: Methods of Sampling
pp. 955
Appendix Two: Representativeness of the Sample
pp. 959
Appendix Three: Eligibility for Supplementary Benefit
pp. 964
Appendix Four: The Value to Families of the Social Services
pp. 980
Appendix Five: Some Definitions
pp. 986
Appendix Six: The Social Grading
pp. 989
Appendix Seven: Note on the Adjustment of Sample Findings
pp. 991
Appendix Eight: Additional Tables
pp. 1076
Appendix Nine: Comments on Survey and Questionnaire
pp. 1085
Appendix Ten: Questionnaire
pp. 1168
Appendix Eleven: Statistical Tests
pp. 1170
Appendix Twelve: Method of Adjusting Distribution of Assets
pp. 1173
Appendix Thirteen: Multiple Deprivation on the Threshold of Income
pp. 1177
List of References
pp. 1201
Index
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