Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. List of Text Figures 15
4. Preface 17
5. Acknowledgements 25
6. 1. Introduction: Concepts of Poverty and Deprivation 31
7. 2 Theories of Poverty 61
8. 3 Methods of Research 93
9. 4 Inequality and Poverty, 1938-68 116
10. 5 The Concept and Distribution of Resources 177
11. 6 Three Measures of Poverty 237
12. 7 The Incidence of Poverty 272
13. 8 The Impact of Poverty 304
14. 9 The Rich 337
15. 10 Social Class and Styles of Living 369
16. 11 Objective and Subjective Deprivation 413
17. 12 Deprivation at Work 432
18. 13 Deprivation in Housing 476
19. 14 Deprivation of Environment 529
20. 15 The Problems of Poor Areas 543
21. 16 Social Minorities 565
22. 17 The Unemployed and the Sub-employed 588
23. 18 The Low Paid 618
24. 19 The Older Worker 652
25. 20 Disabled People and the Long-term Sick 685
26. 21 Handicapped Children 740
27. 22 One-Parent Families 753
28. 23 Old People 784
29. 24 Eligibility for Supplementary Benefit 823
30. 25 The Failure of Means-tested Benefits 860
31. 26 Conclusion I: The Social Distribution of Poverty and Trends in the 1970s 893
32. 27 Conclusion II: The Explanation and Elimination of Poverty 913
33. Appendix One: Methods of Sampling 927
34. Appendix Two: Representativeness of the Sample 955
35. Appendix Three: Eligibility for Supplementary Benefit 959
36. Appendix Four: The Value to Families of the Social Services 964
37. Appendix Five: Some Definitions 980
38. Appendix Six: The Social Grading 986
39. Appendix Seven: Note on the Adjustment of Sample Findings 989
40. Appendix Eight: Additional Tables 991
41. Appendix Nine: Comments on Survey and Questionnaire 1076
42. Appendix Ten: Questionnaire 1085
43. Appendix Eleven: Statistical Tests 1168
44. Appendix Twelve: Method of Adjusting Distribution of Assets 1170
45. Appendix Thirteen: Multiple Deprivation on the Threshold of Income 1173
46. List of References 1177
47. Index 1201