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Author Daly, Mary, 1952- author.

Title Families and poverty : everyday life on a low income / Mary Daly and Grace Kelly.

Publication Info. Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (v, 234 pages).
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Series Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion
Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The central interest of this innovative book is the role and significance of family in a context of poverty and low-income. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011 and 2012 with 51 families in Northern Ireland, it offers new empirical evidence and a theorisation of the relationship between family life and poverty.
Contents Introduction -- Introducing the respondents -- Family life through an economic lens -- The construction, possibilities and limits of family in conditions of poverty and low income -- Parents and their children -- Wider family relationships and support -- Social networks and local engagement -- Representing self and family -- The policy context and the implications of the findings -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Interview schedule -- Appendix B: Details of response rate and equivalisation of income.
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Subject Poor families -- Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Poor families.
Northern Ireland.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Families -- Economic aspects -- Northern Ireland.
Families -- Economic aspects.
Low-income parents -- Northern Ireland.
Low-income parents.
Low-income parents -- Social networks -- Northern Ireland.
Social networks.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kelly, G. (Grace), author.
Other Form: Print version: Daly, Mary, 1952- Families and poverty. Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015 1447318838 (OCoLC)903674068
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