Ireland

  • 22/04/2013

    Multi-dimensional deprivation in Ireland

    Over 29 per cent of children aged nine in Ireland suffer from multi-dimensional deprivation, according to a new analysis from University College Dublin. 20 per cent are deprived on grounds of low income. Rates of deprivation on other dimensions range from 10 per cent (delinquent behaviour) to 25.2 per cent (overweight or obese).

    The researchers made use of the nine-year-old wave of the Growing Up in Ireland study to analyse multi-dimensional deprivation. Their approach involves a 'censoring' of data such that deprivations count only for those above the specified multi-dimensional threshold. This leads, they say, to a stronger set of inter-relationships between deprivation dimensions than that found under alternative approaches.

    Subjects: Deprivation, Income poverty, Ireland, Poverty measurement
    Category: Reports
  • 17/08/2012

    Ireland

    Since 1997, Ireland has developed national policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion based on measures of material deprivation, those at risk from low income and those in consistent poverty with both material deprviation and lwo income. The material deprviation indicators were derived from sureys on the necessities of life in Ireland. Read more...

    Subjects: Ireland, Social exclusion
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  • 13/08/2012

    PSE: Northern Ireland bulletin, No. 1, January 2011

    This bulletin reports on the PSE research project, well-being indicators and North/South of Ireland poverty measurement.

    Subjects: Ireland, Northern Ireland bulletin, Poverty measurement
    Category:
  • 26/04/2012

    Childhood deprivation in Ireland

    Over a quarter of children aged 2 to 15 in Ireland are experiencing deprivation, according to the results of new research on childhood deprivation, Understanding Childhood Deprivation in Ireland, published jointly by the Irish government and the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin. The report is based on the national Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2009 of 1,800 households with children.

    Subjects: Ireland, Child poverty, Deprivation
    Category: Reports
  • 03/12/2011

    Poverty in Ireland on the rise

    The deprivation rate has doubled and disposable income fallen, finds the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for Ireland, 2010.

    The key points from the survey are:

    The deprivation rate has increased from 12 per cent in 2007 to 23 per cent in 2010 (measured as two or more deprivations). Average annual equivalised disposable income in 2010 fell by 5 per cent over 2009. Income inequality increased between 2009 and 2010 as shown by the quintile share ratio.

    The full report is available from the Central Statistics Office Ireland.

    Subjects: Inequality, Ireland, Poverty measurement
    Category: Reports
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