Five Identifying the essentials of life
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Peter Saunders
Abstract
This chapter summarises the key features of the deprivation approach, including the role of community input, and explains how the Community Understanding of Poverty and Social Exclusion (CUPSE) Survey data are used to identify those items regarded as essential (‘the essentials of life’) in contemporary Australia. It explains that these items are identified and analysed to determine the underlying needs that they are intended to fulfil and how they relate to each other. It examines the findings to identify differences in the responses held by different groups in the community and establishes whether or not a consensus exists about the identification of essential items. It notes that the results provide a fascinating insight into the modern Australian psyche, not least as it reflects what the majority regard as essential — things that no one in Australia should have to go without.
Abstract
This chapter summarises the key features of the deprivation approach, including the role of community input, and explains how the Community Understanding of Poverty and Social Exclusion (CUPSE) Survey data are used to identify those items regarded as essential (‘the essentials of life’) in contemporary Australia. It explains that these items are identified and analysed to determine the underlying needs that they are intended to fulfil and how they relate to each other. It examines the findings to identify differences in the responses held by different groups in the community and establishes whether or not a consensus exists about the identification of essential items. It notes that the results provide a fascinating insight into the modern Australian psyche, not least as it reflects what the majority regard as essential — things that no one in Australia should have to go without.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
