Spatial Dimensions of Child Social Exclusion Risk in Australia: Widening the Scope

Abello, Annie; Gong, Cathy Honge; Daly, Anne; McNamara, Justine

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“…Significant research has been undertaken on child social exclusion both in Australia and internationally [ 9 – 13 ]. In Australia, Harding et al (2009)[ 10 ], and Tanton et al (2010)[ 12 ], developed an innovative approach to measure child social exclusion by identifying and combining different aspects of child disadvantage at a small-area level into the Child Social Exclusion Index (CSE Index).…”

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“…In Australia, Harding et al (2009)[ 10 ], and Tanton et al (2010)[ 12 ], developed an innovative approach to measure child social exclusion by identifying and combining different aspects of child disadvantage at a small-area level into the Child Social Exclusion Index (CSE Index). More recently, Abello et al (2012)[ 9 ] further developed the CSE Index. Drawing on the latest developments in child indicator research, they incorporated new data and grouped the individual indicators into domains that reflected key dimensions of child social exclusion before combining these into a composite index of CSE.…”

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“…The CSE Index has demonstrated pronounced geographical variation with high social exclusion risk in rural and regional areas and in clusters in outer areas of Australia’s capital cities [ 9 , 10 , 12 ]. There is also much variation between states and terrories.…”

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“…There is also much variation between states and terrories. New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory have relatively high proportions of children at risk of social exclusion compared to the rest of Australia [ 9 ]. However, there are some aspects of potential disadvantage such as health that have not been included in the CSE index due to data limitations.…”

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Child Social Exclusion Risk and Child Health Outcomes in Australia

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Edvardsson²,

Abello³

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IntroductionThis paper studies the relationship between the risk of child social exclusion, as measured by the Child Social Exclusion (CSE) index and its individual domains, and child health outcomes at the small area level in Australia. The CSE index is Australia’s only national small-area index of the risk of child social exclusion. It includes five domains that capture different components of social exclusion: socio-economic background, education, connectedness, housing and health services.MethodsThe paper used data from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), University of Canberra for the CSE Index and its domains and two key Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data sources for the health outcome measures: the National Hospital Morbidity Database and the National Mortality Database.ResultsThe results show positive associations between rates of both of the negative health outcomes: potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) and avoidable deaths, and the overall risk of child social exclusion as well as with the index domains. This analysis at the small-area level can be used to identify and study areas with unexpectedly good or bad health outcomes relative to their estimated risk of child social exclusion. We show that children’s health outcomes are worse in remote parts of Australia than what would be expected solely based on the CSE index.ConclusionsThe results of this study suggest that developing composite indices of the risk of child social exclusion can provide valuable guidance for local interventions and programs aimed at improving children’s health outcomes. They also indicate the importance of taking a small-area approach when conducting geographic modelling of disadvantage.

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“…In this type of research the theoretical meaning of social exclusion among children tends to be left unclear, and its essentially sociological nature is often discarded. In other instances, social exclusion among children is mostly linked to material conditions and little information is provided about trajectories during the life course (see, however, Abello, Gong, Daly, & McNamara, 2012;Bäckman & Nilsson, 2011;Peruzzi, 2014).…”

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Descendants of Hardship: Prevalence, Drivers and Scarring Effects of Social Exclusion in Childhood

Vrooman

Hoff

Guiaux³

2015

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The social exclusion of children is problematic for two reasons. Young people typically inherit their marginal position from their family, and therefore cannot be held responsible for their hardship themselves; and social exclusion in childhood may affect their wellbeing and subsequent development, possibly leading to a "scarring effect" in later life. In this contribution we develop an instrument for measuring social exclusion among children. Social exclusion is regarded as a theoretical construct with four sub-dimensions: material deprivation, limited social participation, inadequate access to social rights, and a lack of normative integration. First we analyse data from a survey of 2,200 Dutch children, which contains a large set of social exclusion items. We applied nonlinear principal components analysis in order to construct a multidimensional scale. Measured in this way, the prevalence of social exclusion among children is 4.5%. Boys and children living in large families are more likely to experience social exclusion than girls and children with few siblings. The parental level of education and dependency on social security benefits are also important driving factors of childhood social exclusion. Subsequently we investigate the scarring effect. Longitudinal administrative income and household data covering 25 years were combined with a new survey of just under 1,000 Dutch adults, a third of whom were poor as a child. The survey assessed their past and current degree of social exclusion, and their health and psychosocial development, educational career, past family circumstances, etc. In an absolute sense scarring turns out to have been limited during this period: a very large majority of those who were poor or excluded as a child are above the threshold values in adult life. However, the "descendants of hardship" are still more likely to be socially excluded as adults than people who grew up in more favourable conditions. A causal analysis suggests that low educational achievements are the main mediator of scarring risks.

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The Development and Production of Local, National and International State of Children’s Well-Being Report Cards

Woolcock

2016

Social Factors and Community Well-Being

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Spatial Dimensions of Child Social Exclusion Risk in Australia: Widening the Scope

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Child Social Exclusion Risk and Child Health Outcomes in Australia

Child Social Exclusion Risk and Child Health Outcomes in Australia

Descendants of Hardship: Prevalence, Drivers and Scarring Effects of Social Exclusion in Childhood

The Development and Production of Local, National and International State of Children’s Well-Being Report Cards

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