Nine Identifying social exclusion
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Peter Saunders
Abstract
This chapter presents new results on the incidence of three dimensions of exclusion in Australia: disengagement; exclusion from basic services (public and private); and economic exclusion. It examines the profile of exclusion more systematically, focusing on the role of socioeconomic factors such as gender, age, family type, and economic status. It focuses its attention on the incidence of multiple exclusion (within and across domains) and the characteristics of those in deep (multi-dimensional) exclusion. It explores the incidence of exclusion among groups known to be susceptible to poverty as a way of demonstrating that poverty and exclusion are different, and confirms this using overlap analysis. It examines the links between exclusion and perception of well-being as a way of confirming that exclusion is an enforced condition that has negative consequences for well-being.
Abstract
This chapter presents new results on the incidence of three dimensions of exclusion in Australia: disengagement; exclusion from basic services (public and private); and economic exclusion. It examines the profile of exclusion more systematically, focusing on the role of socioeconomic factors such as gender, age, family type, and economic status. It focuses its attention on the incidence of multiple exclusion (within and across domains) and the characteristics of those in deep (multi-dimensional) exclusion. It explores the incidence of exclusion among groups known to be susceptible to poverty as a way of demonstrating that poverty and exclusion are different, and confirms this using overlap analysis. It examines the links between exclusion and perception of well-being as a way of confirming that exclusion is an enforced condition that has negative consequences for well-being.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
