The financial crisis of 2008 followed by a double-dip recession has had a major impact on the living standards of households in the United Kingdom. Against this background, this study aims:
- to critically review the current literature on expenditure (spending/consumption) poverty
- to chart trends and compositions in income-based and expenditure-based definitions of poverty by household type between 2007 and 2010 for Northern Ireland and Great Britain, updating the previous analysis for 2003 and 2006
- to assess the impact of the recession on household spending for Northern Ireland and Great Britain through a comparison of the five quarterly periods before the second quarter of 2008 and the six quarterly periods following the second quarter of 2008
- to compare mutually-exclusive categories of income and expenditure poverty for Northern Ireland and Great Britain
- to assess the most important predictors of income versus expenditure poverty for different household types for Northern Ireland and Great Britain
Study of income and expenditure poverty in Northern Ireland 2007-2010