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Exploring the link between demographic change and poverty in the UK

Exploring the link between demographic change and poverty in the UK
Exploring the link between demographic change and poverty in the UK
The relationship between demographic change and poverty has been the subject of intense scholarly debate for over two centuries. The evidence on the link between population change and economic growth is inconclusive. However, the association between demographic characteristics such as gender, age, disability, ethnicity and particular family structures and poverty is well-established. Lone parent families and single older pensioners are particularly at risk of poverty. However policy also needs to reflect the growth diversity of family forms, with increasing numbers of parents choosing to cohabit rather than marry, the growth of hidden families as adult children increasingly co-reside with their parents well into their 20s and 30s, and an increase in single men living alone in mid-life who have never partnered or had children.
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Falkingham, Jane
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McGowan, Teresa
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Falkingham, Jane, Evandrou, Maria and Vlachantoni, Athina , McGowan, Teresa (ed.) (2014) Exploring the link between demographic change and poverty in the UK (ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper, 54) Southampton, GB. University of Southampton 37pp.

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The relationship between demographic change and poverty has been the subject of intense scholarly debate for over two centuries. The evidence on the link between population change and economic growth is inconclusive. However, the association between demographic characteristics such as gender, age, disability, ethnicity and particular family structures and poverty is well-established. Lone parent families and single older pensioners are particularly at risk of poverty. However policy also needs to reflect the growth diversity of family forms, with increasing numbers of parents choosing to cohabit rather than marry, the growth of hidden families as adult children increasingly co-reside with their parents well into their 20s and 30s, and an increase in single men living alone in mid-life who have never partnered or had children.

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Published date: 18 August 2014
Organisations: Social Statistics & Demography, Centre for Population Change

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Local EPrints ID: 368121
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/368121
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ORCID for Jane Falkingham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-5875
ORCID for Maria Evandrou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-9358
ORCID for Athina Vlachantoni: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-3057
ORCID for Teresa McGowan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0002-9231-3743

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Date deposited: 17 Sep 2014 14:19
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:29

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