Radical Statistics
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Table 1: Rowntree/ New Policy Institute Key Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion

Gap between low and median income

Individuals with below 50% of average income

Individuals with below 40% of average income

Long-term recipients of benefits

Individuals with spells of low income

Self-reported difficulty managing financially

Children living in workless households

Children living in households with below 50% average income

Low birthweight babies

Accidental deaths

Pupils gaining no GCSE grade C or above

Permanently excluded from school

Children whose parents divorce

Births to girls conceiving under age 16

Children in young offenders’ institutions

Young Adults

Unemployed

On low rates of pay

On severe hardship payments

Starting drug treatment

Suicide

Without basic qualification (at 19)

With a criminal record (at 23)