What data did we use?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:28 am
Low pay does not necessarily mean a worker will experience poverty and deprivation. But wages are generally people’s main source of income and low pay is associated with poverty and food spain rcs data insecurity in the UK. Previous analysis showed higher rates of poverty among residential care workers compared to all workers in 2013. We aimed to provide a more recent picture of poverty among social care staff in the UK, as well as looking at their experiences of deprivation and the factors that shape these.
We analysed data from Households Below Average Income (HBAI) and the Family Resources Survey – national survey data used by government to monitor living standards in the UK. We focused on three measures of poverty and deprivation:
the standard UK measure for poverty, defined as a household income below 60% of median household income (after housing costs).
material deprivation among dependent children, looking at children in families who cannot afford certain goods and services and have a low household income (below 70% of the median)
food insecurity, covering families experiencing low and very low food security who lack, or risk lacking, access to enough food.
We analysed data from Households Below Average Income (HBAI) and the Family Resources Survey – national survey data used by government to monitor living standards in the UK. We focused on three measures of poverty and deprivation:
the standard UK measure for poverty, defined as a household income below 60% of median household income (after housing costs).
material deprivation among dependent children, looking at children in families who cannot afford certain goods and services and have a low household income (below 70% of the median)
food insecurity, covering families experiencing low and very low food security who lack, or risk lacking, access to enough food.