Research project SS/D6/02 (Research action SS)
The project entails the intensive questioning of a representative sample of households with an income below subsistence level. The sample consists of people living in social insecurity as previously identified by research carried out by the Centre for Social Policy.
The objectives are:
1. To refine information on the characteristics and living circumstances of the socially insecure (relationships between income and major fixed expenses, survival strategies, activities and use of time, social participation, state of health, etc.), the precise causes of the inadequacy of social security (incomplete entitlements, poverty trap,administrative complexity and non-take-up) and relationships with social agencies.
2. To carry out a methodical evaluation of the results of global income surveys in terms of poverty measurement. How accurate is income measurement? How important are financial transfers within and between families? How helpful is the information provided by panel data? The answers to these questions should enable recommendations to be made regarding future panel research.
