The Disadvantaged Among the Dutch: A Survey Approach to the Multidimensional Measurement of Social Exclusion

Vrooman, J.C.; Hoff, Stella

doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0138-1

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“…Earlier research into social exclusion among adults has identified several risk factors, such as poor health, low subjective well-being, being of non-Western ethnic origin and single parenthood (Jehoel-Gijsbers & Vrooman, 2007, 2008aVrooman & Hoff, 2013). The bivariate relationships in Table 5 indicate the risk factors for children, and this is largely in line with the results found for adults earlier.…”

Section: Links Between Social Exclusion and Risk Factorssupporting

confidence: 82%

“…From this literature review Jehoel-Gijsbers (2004) and Vrooman and Hoff (2013) concluded that social exclusion theoretically relates to four different dimensions. Two of these are forms of socio-cultural exclusion, in line with the French tradition.…”

Section: Conceptualising the Social Exclusion Of Childrenmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…A monitoring instrument was developed for this purpose which combined relative poverty, severe material deprivation and work intensity at household level (Eurostat, 2014). In their literature review, Jehoel-Gijsbers (2004) and Vrooman and Hoff (2013) point out that research into social exclusion among adults was mostly inspired by two theoretical schools: an Anglo-Saxon line and a French tradition (see also Fahey, 2010;Hills, LeGrand, & Piachaud, 2002;Øyen, 1997;Pantazis, Gordon, & Levitas, 2006;Room, 1997). The Anglo-Saxon tradition had its roots in the notion of "relative deprivation": the idea that people typically regard themselves as badly off or well-to-do compared to others they deem important (their reference group).…”

Section: Conceptualising the Social Exclusion Of Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In its original form the instrument consisted of 72 variables, divided into subscales for the four theoretical sub-dimensions (Jehoel-Gijsbers, 2004;Jehoel-Gijsbers & Vrooman, 2007). Later versions contained fewer items (e.g., Jehoel-Gijsbers & Vrooman, 2008a, 2008b, and Vrooman and Hoff (2013) recently developed an improved and shortened index consisting of 15 items, with three to four indicators for each of the theoretical elements of social exclusion (see also Hoff & Vrooman, 2011). According to this instrument, just under 5% of the adult Dutch population were faced with a serious degree of social exclusion.…”

Section: Conceptualising the Social Exclusion Of Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a recent study among Dutch adults we defined threshold values based on gaps that appeared when the distribution on the social exclusion index was plotted against that of subjective feelings of social exclusion (Vrooman & Hoff, 2013). This method cannot be used here, because in the present survey we did not ask about children's subjective feelings of social exclusion, the content of the social exclusion items differs, and of course the target group of children is quite different.…”

Section: Prevalence and Driving Factors Of Social Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Disadvantaged Among the Dutch: A Survey Approach to the Multidimensional Measurement of Social Exclusion

Cited by 65 publications

References 24 publications

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

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

The working relationship between people in marginalised situations and street outreach workers

Mental health service utilization among African immigrants in the United States

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