The overlooked over-75s: poverty among the ‘silent generation’ who lived through the Second World War

Publication type

Report

Authors

Publication date

May 15, 2016

Summary:

This report provides an analysis of the financial circumstances of older people with a focus on those people aged 75 and over. The report looks at different groups of older people and identifies those groups at most risk of living on low incomes.

Subjects

Link

https://www.independentage.org/policy-research/research-reports/overlooked-over-75s-poverty-among-silent-generation-who-lived

Notes

Report's findings discussed at House of Commons, Early Day Motion 133, June 2016 https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/early-day-motions/edm-detail1/?edmnumber=133&session=2016-17

Referenced by: Cooper, H. (2016) '"When I'm 84": locking the door on the older old: the challenge facing Britain's banks'. The Finance Foundation.

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