Deprivation items включват стоки (храна, дрехи и пр.), услуги (напр. отопление), а също и действия (напр. да поканиш гости вкъщи). Това не са жизненонеобходими неща, но неспособността да си ги позволиш се ползва за мерило на бедността.

Material Deprivation
This measure takes account of access to resources other than income. A deprivation index of
items and activities that are generally taken to be the norm in a particular society is compiled.
The organisation responsible for collecting poverty data usually develops the index.
People who are denied - through lack of income - items or activities on this index / list are
regarded as experiencing relative deprivation. This is enforced deprivation as distinct from
the personal choice not to have the items.
In Ireland, 11 basic items are used to construct the deprivation index:
 Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes
 Unable to afford a warm waterproof overcoat
 Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes
 Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish (vegetarian equivalent) every
second day
 Unable to afford a roast joint or its equivalent once a week
 Without heating at some stage in the last year through lack of money
 Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm
 Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year
 Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture Unable to afford to have family or
friends for a drink or meal once a month
 Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight for
entertainment.
The most recent figures show 22.5 per cent of the population experienced material
deprivation in 2010.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-02-16 10:44:02 GMT)
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