Poverty statistics: a guide for the perplexed

  • Christopher Giles
  • Steven Webb

Published on 1 January 1993

The purpose of this Commentary is to evaluate the merits of different methods of measuring low income, and to comment on the results of two main sets of UK low income statistics.

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The purpose of this Commentary is to evaluate the merits of different methods of measuring low income, and to comment on the results of two main sets of UK low income statistics.

Authors

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Christopher Giles

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Steven Webb

Report details

DOI
10.1920/co.ifs.1993.0034
ISBN
978-1-873357-24-8
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Giles, C and Webb, S. (1993). Poverty statistics: a guide for the perplexed. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/poverty-statistics-guide-perplexed (accessed: 26 April 2024).

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