Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain Author:Jonathan Bradshaw, etc. This report reviews the findings of the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain, the most comprehensive and scientifically rigorous survey of its kind ever undertaken. It provides unparalleled detail about deprivation and exclusion among the British population at the close of the 20th century. The survey uses a particularly powerful scien... more »tific approach to measuring poverty which incorporates the views of the public, rather than judgements by social scientists, about what "necessities" all adults and children should be able to afford; and calculates the levels of deprivation that constitutes poverty by using scientific methods rather than arbitrary decisions.« less