The Report covers progress in relation to outcomes in education, health, living standards, justice and security, work and participation in politics and public life. Is Britain Fairer? 2018 makes recommendations to address the key equality and human rights issues identified.
The 48 data tables in the Measurement thailand rcs data Framework which support the statistical measures in Is Britain Fairer? 2018 are organised across the six areas of:
Of the 48 measures, 33 use data in the UK Data Service collection across the six domains:
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The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) is an independent Commission formed to develop a new approach to poverty measurement that better reflects the nature and experiences of poverty that different families in the UK have. The measurement framework will be used to build a consensus around poverty measurement and action in the UK.
Screenshot of top of Social Metrics Commission's 'Measuring Poverty 2019' webpage
Alongside the report, the Commission has published the underlying code upon organisational identification and agreement to its terms and conditions, and an accompanying user guide that can be used to create the Commission’s measures of poverty using Understanding Society, Family Resources Survey (FRS) and Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data.