Over one in five face ‘enforced deprivation’ - despite economic recovery

More than one in five people experienced enforced deprivation in 2016, despite the upturn in the economy in recent years.

That’s according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) statistical yearbook for 2018 which reveals that the percentage of people considered to be experiencing “enforced deprivation” in 2016 was 21%. However, this figure has fallen from 30.5% in 2013.