Households below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008/09-2016/17
The latest report in the Minimum Income Standard programme, funded by JRF looks at the changes in the adequacy of incomes, as measured by individuals' ability to reach the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), between 2008/09 and 2016/17. It is the seventh in an annual series of reports tracking the total number of individuals in the UK living below the MIS threshold. Note that the publication date for this series is usually the autumn, but this version was delayed from autumn 2018; we expect to publish the 2017/18 version in late 2019.
The present report shows a reduction in the numbers below MIS in the past three years, but identifies some groups for whom the number has risen, or remained at a very high level. This includes lone parents, and further analysis in a separate report looks more closely at recent trends and projections for this group.
Stone, J., Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2019) Households below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008/09 – 2016/17. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hirsch, D. and Stone, J. (2019) Lone parents under pressure. Loughborough: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
Hirsch, D. (2019) Lone parents under pressure - summary of trends Loughborough: Centre for Research in Social Policy.