Book of the month: Hard Work: Life in Low-pay Britain

World Health Organization. World Health Report 1999: Making a Difference. WHO: Geneva, 1999

World Health Organization. Health: a Precious Asset. Proposals by WHO for the World Summit for Social Development, 2000. WHO: Geneva, 2000

Wilkinson R. , Marmot M. , eds. Social Determinants of Health: the Solid Facts. Copenhagen: World Health Organization (Europe) Centre for Urban Health, 1998 [http://www.who.dk/tech/hcp/index.htm]

Department of Social Security. Indicators of Progress: a Discussion of Approaches to Monitor the Government's Strategy to Tackle Poverty and Social Exclusion. London: DSS, 2001 [http://dss.gov.uk/publications/dss/2001/iop.pdf]

Toynbee P. Hard Work: Life in Low-pay Britain. London: Bloomsbury Publishing [242 pp; ISBN 0-7575-6415-9; £6.99 (p/b)]

Office for National Statistics [www.statistics.gov.uk]

Ehrenreich B. Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage USA. London: Granta, 2002