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Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales 2013
What are the latest poverty trends in Wales?
This is the fourth update of Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales, providing a comprehensive analysis of trends.
It examines various indicators, including:
poverty rates in Wales;
patterns of in-work and out-of-work poverty;
disability and poverty; and
employment rates
It found that:
Wales needs job creation to defeat poverty. The extent of inactivity, disability and in-work poverty in Wales reflects weak demand for labour.
Over the three years to 2011/12, 690,000 people (23%) were living in low-income households in Wales. The proportion in working families has risen steadily.
29% of people in ‘part-working’ families had low household incomes, but only 7% of those in ‘full-working’ families. For some, working more hours is part of the answer to in-work poverty.
Some 23% of employees earning less than the UK ‘Living Wage’ had low household incomes, but only 3% of those earning more. As well as working more hours, higher pay is part of the answer to in-work poverty.
In Wales, 26.5% of the working-age population was economically inactive in 2012 – higher than the British average by almost 3.5 percentage points, an ‘excess’ of 65,000 people. Of this ‘excess’, around 45,000 was due to the below-average employment rate in Wales
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What are the latest poverty trends in Wales?
This is the fourth update of Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales, providing a comprehensive analysis of trends.
It examines various indicators, including:
poverty rates in Wales;patterns of in-work and out-of-work poverty;disability and poverty; andemployment ratesIt found that:
Wales needs job creation to defeat poverty. The extent of inactivity, disability and in-work poverty in Wales reflects weak demand for labour.Over the three years to 2011/12, 690,000 people (23%) were living in low-income households in Wales. The proportion in working families has risen steadily.29% of people in ‘part-working’ families had low household incomes, but only 7% of those in ‘full-working’ families. For some, working more hours is part of the answer to in-work poverty.Some 23% of employees earning less than the UK ‘Living Wage’ had low household incomes, but only 3% of those earning more. As well as working more hours, higher pay is part of the answer to in-work poverty.In Wales, 26.5% of the working-age population was economically inactive in 2012 – higher than the British average by almost 3.5 percentage points, an ‘excess’ of 65,000 people. Of this ‘excess’, around 45,000 was due to the below-average employment rate in Walesmore at link