How many households do not have an adequate standard of living?
In the first two years after the economic downturn, the risk of having inadequate income rose for some, but not all, groups.
This study is the first in an annual series of reports monitoring how many people live in households with not enough income to afford a ‘minimum acceptable standard of living’. This research looks at changes in the adequacy of household incomes in the early part of the recession, as measured by households’ ability to reach the Minimum Income Standard (MIS).