A child drinks from a cup while an adult sits nearby, watching with a gentle expression. The scene—framed softly—evokes the warmth and care that Canadian governments need as they seek new ways to measure poverty.

Canadian governments need a new way to measure poverty

A new scale called the material deprivation index is better than the market-based measure when it comes to capturing the scope of poverty. By Michael Mendelson, Andrew Parkin, Geranda Notten, Richard Matern & Sofia Seer

Environics Institute for Survey Research

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