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Does the UK Have a Private Welfare Class?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

TANIA BURCHARDT
Affiliation:
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Department of Economics, University of Bristol
CAROL PROPPER
Affiliation:
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Department of Economics, University of Bristol

Abstract

The use of private welfare services in the UK has risen. But relatively little is known about the patterns of use of private welfare services. This article investigates whether there is a private welfare class, and how attitudes to welfare state spending are linked to use of private services. It finds that there is considerable use of the private sector, but the size of the group consistently using a range of private welfare services is small. Changes in attitudes to public financing of welfare spending do not appear to be directly linked to use of private services.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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