http://hdl.handle.net/10147/139613 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:32:39 GMT 2013-05-21T01:32:39Z http://www.lenus.ie:80/hse/retrieve/430357/SocialI.gif http://hdl.handle.net/10147/139613 http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251792 Title: Persistent at-risk-of-poverty in Ireland: an analysis of the survey on income and living conditions 2005-2008 Authors: Maître, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy Description: Poverty is a multi-faceted phenomenon, influenced by a wide range of socio-economic processes, and the characteristics of a population identified as poor can be quite heterogeneous. Poverty is also an ongoing process rather than a static position. These features of poverty represent a real challenge to policy makers in any attempt to identify the most appropriate and efficient policy responses. Individual and household poverty is very often measured at one point in time. This is the approach which is taken with cross-sectional analysis of poverty. While cross-sectional analysis of poverty is extremely important, it still constitutes a snapshot of a situation at a precise point of time. By excluding the time dimension, this approach limits our understanding of poverty since it cannot assess the duration of poverty, transitions into and out of poverty, nor the effect of people’s previous experience of poverty and the influential role it plays on current (and future) poverty outcomes. Also, a cross-sectional approach to poverty does not distinguish those who are poor on a once-off basis, due to specific circumstances, from those who are in poverty for a longer period of time for more profound and entrenched reasons. Each of these would clearly require different policy responses. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251792 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251557 Title: Social Inclusion Report No. 2: Understanding childhood deprivation in Ireland Authors: Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T. Description: In Ireland, as in many European countries, the rate of poverty and deprivation is higher for children than it is for adults. This is important, not only because of a concern with the well-being of children but also because childhood deprivation can have long-term negative consequences that persist into adulthood. This report examines childhood deprivation in Ireland in 2009 in the context of this concern for the current well-being of children and their future prospects. There are two further policy issues that form a background to this study. The first is the concern that household level measures of poverty and deprivation may not adequately identify children who are socially excluded because of a lack of resources. The second context is the widespread acknowledgement that social exclusion is multidimensional and that addressing social exclusion will require an approach that goes beyond a focus on income alone. The goal of this report is to address five questions: 1. How much child-specific deprivation is there in Ireland and what form does it take? 2. What are the main risk factors for child-specific deprivation? 3. How well do the national measures of basic deprivation and consistent poverty identify children who are deprived? 4. How do the risk factors for child-specific deprivation differ from the risk factors for basic household-level deprivation? 5. What are the implications for policy? Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251557 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251573 Title: Constructing a food poverty indicator for Ireland using the survey on income and living conditions Authors: Carney, Caroline; Maître, Bertrand Description: The aim of this research is to explore the possibility of developing a food poverty indicator in Ireland using the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The specific objectives of this research are to:  create an indicator to provide a measurement of food poverty  identify the characteristics of the population experiencing food poverty  analyse the association between food poverty and health outcomes  identify risk factors for food poverty. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251573 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/143184 Title: A social portrait of older people in Ireland Authors: Office for Social Inclusion; Fahey, Tony; Maitre, Bertrand; Nolan, Brian; Whelan, Christopher T. Description: This report aims to bring together some facts and figures about older people in Ireland today, drawing on a range of statistical sources and studies. It provides both a snapshot of the current situation and some discussion of recent trends and prospects for the future. The information will be particularly useful when developing policies that affect older people, such as the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (NAPinclusion) and policy on pensions. We start the report by describing the main trends in numbers of older people and their importance in the overall population. We then go on to look at the following topics: the households in which older people live; their socio-economic circumstances including income and material wellbeing; their housing and neighbourhood environment; their health and social contact; and prospects for the future and data gaps. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/143184 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z