MEASURING POVERTY - MEASURING POVERTY 2019 - A report of the Social Metrics Commission

27 | Social Metrics Commission | Measuring Poverty MEASURING POVERTY Figure 8: Composition 14.3 million people in poverty Poverty rates of poverty and poverty rates in the UK, by age, in the UK (2017/18), comprised of: in the UK (2017/18): 2017/18 8,300,000 22% Of the overall population are in poverty Working-age adults 4,600,000 21% Of working-age adults are in poverty Children 1,300,000 34% Of c. [...] Figure 11: Composition 14.3 million people in poverty Poverty rates in of poverty and poverty rates in the UK, by family in the UK (2017/18), of which: the UK (2017/18): types that people live in, 2017/18 3,000,000 25% Of single people with no children are in poverty Single people with no children 2,600,000 53% Of people in lone-parent families are in poverty People in lone-parent families 1,400,0. [...] Figure 20: Composition 14.3 million people in poverty Poverty rates of poverty and poverty rates in the UK, by in the UK (2017/18), comprised of: in the UK (2017/18): housing tenure, 2017/18 5,300,000 50% Of people in families living in social-rented accommodation People in families living in social-rented accommodation are in poverty 4,400,000 35% Of people in families living in private-rented ac. [...] Figure 23: Composition 14.3 million people in poverty Poverty rates in of poverty and poverty rates in the UK, by ethnic in the UK (2017/18), of which: the UK (2017/18): group of household head, 2017/18 10,900,000 19% Of people in families living with a head of household who is White People in families with a head of household who is White are in poverty 200,000 35% Of people in families living wi. [...] Figure 30: Persistent 7 million people in persistent poverty Poverty rates in poverty in the UK, 2016/17 in the UK (2016/17), comprised of: the UK (2017/18): 4,300,000 49% Of all people in poverty are in persistent poverty Working-age adults 2,300,000 11% Of the whole UK population are in persistent poverty Children 400,000 11% Of working-age adults in the UK are in persistent poverty Pension-age.