22 April 2009

POVERTY

Child wellbeing and child poverty. Where the UK stands in the European table (21st April 2009)
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has published a briefing drawn from a new league table (produced by researchers from the University of York) of child wellbeing in European countries, in which the UK comes in 24th place out of 29 countries. The briefing also outlines the policies CPAG is calling for to end child poverty and improve child wellbeing in the UK.
Briefing


Cognitive testing: British Social Attitudes child poverty questions (April 2009)
This research explores the effectiveness of both existing and new questions on poverty, for use in the British Social Attitudes Survey. It considers among other things whether the public believe child poverty exists in Britatin today, what it is and who is responsible for tackling it.
Research

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