Marginalisation of an individual – or of a group – through the deprivation of full access to various rights and resources (housing, education, employment, healthcare, etc.), which hinders participation in the economic, social, and political life of society.
Comment
- The term social exclusion refers to both the process and its result;
- social exclusion:
- is often linked to unemployment, debt, loss of housing, falling income, school failure, etc.;
- undermines social cohesion and full participation in the economic, social, and political life of society;
- Eurostat uses an indicator to measure the risk of poverty and social exclusion. This indicator corresponds to the sum of individuals who are at risk of poverty after social transfers, severely materially deprived, or living in households with very low work intensity:
- an individual is considered to be at risk of poverty after social transfers, if (s)he has an equivalised disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income;
- severely materially deprived persons have living conditions severely constrained by a lack of resources;
- people living in households with very low work intensity are those aged 0-59 living in households where the adults (aged 18-59) work 20% or less of their total work potential during the past year.
Source
Cedefop; Eurostat, 2020b.