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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Elderly South Asian people ‘more likely to live in poor health, poverty and housing’

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Older people from Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds are more than twice as likely to be among the very poorest in society than their white counterparts, a damning report has found.

More than a quarter of households headed by someone aged 50 or above from a Bangladeshi (26 per cent) or Pakistani (28 per cent) background are living in poverty compared with less than one in eight (12 per cent) of older white households.

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