Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This collection includes the correspondence, press releases and publications of the national pressure group, the Child Poverty Action Group, from 1965 to 1998. Executive Committee minutes are divided into six-monthly reports. A wide range of supporting reports, memoranda and publications are also included in the collection which illustrates the debate on poverty and social welfare through four decades. This collection is not currently digitised and is available as a hard copy only. If you are interested in a project which involves the digitisation of this collection, please contact our Collections team at collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk. We'd be delighted to work with you in enhancing this collection. Main topics: Pressure groups; children; child welfare; rights of the child; poverty; child care; social policy; social security; social security benefits; social welfare; social justice; social disadvantage.

This study is a cross-sectional (one-time) study using a compilation or synthesis of exsting committee papers. No sampling or weighting was used in this study.