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Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2015

Poverty and Participation in 21st Century Britain

Emanuele Ferragina

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Peter Townsend argued that poverty could be scientifically measured as a 'breakpoint' within the income distribution below which participation collapses. This paper investigates Townsend's hypothesis by: (1) broadening his original measurement of participation, (2) using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) in conjunction with a new dataset including 40,000 households (Understanding Society, 2011; 2013); and (3) taking into account the multi-cultural/ethnic nature of British society. We find that participation - defined as lack of deprivation, social participation and trust - reduces as income falls but stops doing so among the poorest 30 per cent of individuals. This may be indicating a minimum level of participation, a floor rather than a ‘breakpoint’ as suggested by Townsend, which has to be sustained irrespective of how low income is. Finally, respondents with an ethnic minority background manifest lower levels of participation than white respondents

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Sociologie
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hal-03553551 , version 1 (02-02-2022)

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Emanuele Ferragina, Tomlinson Mark, Robert Walker. Poverty and Participation in 21st Century Britain. 2015. ⟨hal-03553551⟩

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