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1309: Rural Poverty

This paper is taken from the section on Poverty in Defra’s ‘Statistical Digest of Rural England 2011’

Year of Publication2011

17% of households in rural areas were below the poverty threshold. In urban areas the proportion was 19%. 13% of working age people in rural areas were living below the poverty threshold compared to 16% for England as a whole. 18% of children in England lived in households below the poverty threshold before housing costs the proportion was 15% in rural areas. 20% of pensioners lived in households below the poverty threshold which did not differ between urban and rural areas.

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• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > UK rural policy
• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development

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