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December 2, 2024
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This analysis shows people in Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are much more likely to face deep, long-term hardship compared to white households.
People in Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are all around 3 times more likely to move into very deep poverty each year (see appendix for definitions), with incomes far below the poverty line, compared to people in white households. In addition, they are at least 4 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty – that is very deep poverty in at least 3 years out of 4. About a third of people in Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households also experience very deep poverty in 1 or 2 years out of 4.
Altogether, this means at least two-fifths of people in these households, including around half of children in Bangladeshi and Black African households, experience very deep poverty in at least 1 year out of 4.
Previous papers in this series have shown the factors that shape someone’s likelihood of being pushed into or exiting very deep poverty. These include family structure (such as the number of adults and children in a household, and whether that changes), housing situations (such as whether people are renting or experience changes in their housing costs) and experiences of work (such as pay, hours, job security and whether people gain or lose work). This paper explores how far these factors explain the enhanced risk of persistent very deep poverty among Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households.
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