Three Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners
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Demi Patsios
Abstract
This chapter focuses on several key areas of poverty and social exclusion experienced by older people and pensioners using B-SEM. Analyses by pensioner household type (n=2,296) show differences in older adults’: access to material, economic and social resources; participation in common social activities and civic and political participation; and quality of life. Younger pensioners (particularly couples) are least likely to report lower resources and exclusion from participation, and more likely to report higher quality of life. In contrast, older and single (particularly female) pensioners are most likely to report lower levels of economic and social resources and lower scores on participation and quality of life sub-domains. Although the general position of pensioners has improved over the past decade, the findings conclude that this has not been the case for all pensioners. The policy situation explaining some of these disparities and the implications for further policy action are discussed.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on several key areas of poverty and social exclusion experienced by older people and pensioners using B-SEM. Analyses by pensioner household type (n=2,296) show differences in older adults’: access to material, economic and social resources; participation in common social activities and civic and political participation; and quality of life. Younger pensioners (particularly couples) are least likely to report lower resources and exclusion from participation, and more likely to report higher quality of life. In contrast, older and single (particularly female) pensioners are most likely to report lower levels of economic and social resources and lower scores on participation and quality of life sub-domains. Although the general position of pensioners has improved over the past decade, the findings conclude that this has not been the case for all pensioners. The policy situation explaining some of these disparities and the implications for further policy action are discussed.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Introduction: poverty and social exclusion in the UK 1
- Measuring poverty in the UK 17
- The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK 41
- Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners 61
- Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion 95
- Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion 115
- Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion 135
- The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support 155
- A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people 173
- Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK 193
- More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations 219
- Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma 239
- Technical appendix 257
- Index 259
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Introduction: poverty and social exclusion in the UK 1
- Measuring poverty in the UK 17
- The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK 41
- Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners 61
- Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion 95
- Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion 115
- Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion 135
- The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support 155
- A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people 173
- Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK 193
- More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations 219
- Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma 239
- Technical appendix 257
- Index 259
