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A Daughter to ELSI – NILSI: A Northern Ireland Standard of Living Index or Problematising Wealth in the Analysis of Inequality and Material Well-being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2007

Paddy Hillyard ,
Demi Patsios  and
Fiona Sevllion
Paddy Hillyard
Affiliation:
Chair of Sociology, The Queens University of Belfast E-mail: [email protected]
Demi Patsios
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Fiona Sevllion
Affiliation:
Queens University, Belfast
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Abstract

When the measurement of inequality is being considered in Ireland and the UK the poor and socially excluded are routinely the focus of debate. Building on methodology developed in New Zealand this paper outlines the development of a more wide ranging approach through the construction of a Northern Ireland Living Standard Index (NILSI). It then utilises this tool to explore dimensions of inequality in Northern Ireland and present findings on the living standards of different subgroups.

Type
Themed Section on Equality
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 81 - 98
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2007

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