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The objectives of the Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland, 2002-2003 (PSENI) study were threefold. Firstly, the study aimed to provide a number of different measures of poverty and social exclusion which could be periodically updated. Secondly, it aimed to provide data on the extent to which poverty and social exclusion varied across the dimensions specified in Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act, 1998. Finally, it aimed to compare poverty levels in Northern Ireland with the results of similar research in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

The research comprised two stages. The first stage explored what people in Northern Ireland considered to be basic necessities, and was conducted via a module fielded in the Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey (the UK Data Archive (UKDA) does not currently hold that series). The second stage of the PSENI project involved a large survey of a representative sample of Northern Ireland households.

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The dataset includes the Omnibus module conducted as the first stage of the research, and household and individual data from the second stage.

The Omnibus file contains data from questions intended to identify what respondents classed as basic necessities. The household and individual surveys collected a range of demographic and social information, and measured the number of households lacking those items identified as necessities in the Omnibus module.