experience a higher degree of income poverty and costs in terms of people’s reduced likelihood of being able to access medical or …

Although we have more data than ever before at our disposal, measuring poverty remains a controversial issue. This … paper discusses the ambiguity that arises from using different definitions and data sources in world poverty measurement. It … opens with a critical review of the different procedures to establish poverty lines and the various measures of poverty …

A little over one million individuals in Australia between the ages of 24 and 64 years are in Freedom poverty – they … lives of these most disadvantaged individuals. Indeed, of those in Freedom poverty, 80% are not in employment. But these … force participation. Indeed, 49% of individuals in freedom poverty who were out of the labour force cited ill health as the …