MEASURING OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

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The paper presents an approach of measuring social exclusion proposed by G. Jehoel-Gijsbers and C. Vrooman which was applied to IDPs in Ukraine. In order to measure social exclusion a factor analysis was utilized and empirical identification of its three dimensions: material deprivation, access to civil rights and social isolation, was carried out. Based on the empirically measured dimensions of the social exclusion concept, an integral index of social exclusion was extracted. The constructed tool was verified by applying linear regression analysis according to the criterion of external validity. For this purpose, the potential predictors of social exclusion were chosen, namely income of IDPs, subjective health status assessment, education level, marital status and objective evaluation of social alienation of community in current place of residence. The results of regression analysis revealed that four of the five variables have significant regression coefficients. Expected relationships were found among the IDPs's income level, subjective evaluation of health status, marital status, objective evaluation of social alienation of community in current place of residence and social exclusion index. However, association between IDPs's education level and social exclusion decreases against of other predictor's background.

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