Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden during 1979-2003

Autor/in	Bask, Miia
Titel	Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden during 1979-2003
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 97 (2010) 3, S.299-323 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9512-z
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Isolation; Immigrants; Longitudinal Studies; At Risk Persons; Trend Analysis; Gender Differences; Social Indicators; Socioeconomic Influences; Well Being; Social Problems; Social Integration; Parents; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Isolation; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Risikogruppe; Trendanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Soziale Integration; Eltern; Schweden
Abstract	In this paper, we examine the risk of social exclusion among the Swedish population from a longitudinal perspective. In the empirical analysis, a person is considered socially excluded if he or she suffers from at least two of the following six welfare problems: chronic unemployment, economic problems, health problems, experiences of threat or violence, crowded housing and lack of interpersonal relationships. Our three main findings are as follows: There is no evidence that immigrants have been better integrated into Swedish society "over time" from the perspective of social exclusion risk. Instead, there are weak signs that their situation has become worse. Further, even though men are worse off than women as regards the odds for social exclusion, there are weak signs that their relative situation has improved "over time". Finally, compared to couples without children, there is clear evidence that the odds for social exclusion for singles with children have increased "over time" and that the odds for social exclusion for couples with children have decreased "over time". We can, therefore, conclude that among these groups, the inequality has increased "over time". To be able to make these conclusions, we have fitted several specifications of a logistic regression model with random effects for panel data to our data set. (As Provided).
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