Creating new poverty measures for the UK
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:19 am
We’re pleased to have worked with the Social Metrics Commission to develop a case study exploring their recently-developed poverty measure and the impact it is already having.
Currently, the UK has no official measures of poverty. Consequently, it is difficult to track policies, programmes and activities designed to reduce poverty and its causes, and efforts to improve the lives of those living in poverty.
The Social Metrics Commission was netherlands rcs data founded in 2016 to develop a new approach to poverty measurement for the UK, with the aim of developing metrics to better reflect the nature and experiences of poverty that different families in the UK have. Metrics which could be used to build a consensus around poverty measurement and action in the UK.
The commission published its first report in September 2018. The report was the first time this framework had been used to present a detailed picture of the nature of poverty in the UK. The commission used data from the Family Resources Survey, Households Below Average Income and Understanding Society to create the measure. The Commission’s findings suggested that the number of people in poverty in the UK was the same as previously thought. However, within this overall population, the Commission’s results suggested significant changes to the groups identified as being in poverty and also shed greater light on the depth, persistence, and Lived Experiences of poverty.
Currently, the UK has no official measures of poverty. Consequently, it is difficult to track policies, programmes and activities designed to reduce poverty and its causes, and efforts to improve the lives of those living in poverty.
The Social Metrics Commission was netherlands rcs data founded in 2016 to develop a new approach to poverty measurement for the UK, with the aim of developing metrics to better reflect the nature and experiences of poverty that different families in the UK have. Metrics which could be used to build a consensus around poverty measurement and action in the UK.
The commission published its first report in September 2018. The report was the first time this framework had been used to present a detailed picture of the nature of poverty in the UK. The commission used data from the Family Resources Survey, Households Below Average Income and Understanding Society to create the measure. The Commission’s findings suggested that the number of people in poverty in the UK was the same as previously thought. However, within this overall population, the Commission’s results suggested significant changes to the groups identified as being in poverty and also shed greater light on the depth, persistence, and Lived Experiences of poverty.