Living Conditions (EU-SILC) in order to develop a measure of consistent poverty that overcomes some of the difficulties … associated with the original indicators employed as targets in the Irish National Anti-Poverty Strategy. Our analysis leads us to … accumulated evidence supports the view that a revised consistent poverty measure that combines a threshold of two or more economic …

In this paper we consider the consequences for measurement of material deprivation, consistent poverty and economic … poverty ; material deprivation ; multidimensionality ; consistent poverty ; economic strain ; economic stress …

There is no international consensus on what poverty is and how it should be measured. The most commonly used poverty … indicator, income level, is limited as it ignores the multidimensional character of poverty. Because the choice of an indicator …, the choice of a poverty indicator is important. It sets priorities for policies and programs and determines outcomes of …