The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2004
This report says that, for low-paid workers, the statement
"work is the best route out of poverty" should
be modified to read "having a job and living with other
people in work is the most effective way to avoid poverty"
- since many low-paid workers escape household poverty through
the incomes of others in their households.
About 23% of workers have gross hourly pay below two-thirds
of the median. There are clear differences for men and women,
single people and couples, parents and those without children.
The analysis is based on a sub-sample of about 5,700 employees
taken from the Family Expenditure Survey (now called the
Expenditure and Food Survey) for each of the years 1994/5
and 2000/1.
For a summary of findings and to download the full report,
visit www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/n64.asp
Also see:
Measuring poverty
Millar, J. and Gardiner,
K. (2004). Low pay, household resources and poverty.
York: the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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