Social Risk and Social Class Patterns in Poverty and Quality of Life in Ireland, 2004 - 2013

Abstract

This research briefing summarises the findings from a report examining poverty and deprivation trends over the ten-year period 2004 to 2013. It looks at patterns across social classes, and the life-course, during the boom, recession and early recovery. It focuses on social risk groups such as lone parents, people with a disability and children. The report also looks at the significance of both social risk and social class for QoL problems in Ireland in 2013. It looks at the interaction between social risk and social class in terms of the effects on at-risk-of-poverty, basic deprivation, consistent poverty and QoL.