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%T Material Deprivation, Social Class and Life Course in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
%A Gugushvili, Alexi
%J Studies of Transition States and Societies
%N 1
%P 39-54
%V 3
%D 2011
%@ 1736-8758
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-366230
%X "This paper employs the factor analysis technique and data from the UNDP/UNICEF Social Inclusion Survey
to construct a material deprivation index for fi ve transitional societies in the Balkans (FYR Macedonia
and Serbia), Eastern Europe (Moldova and Ukraine) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan). The distribution of
deprivation between these societies can be largely explained by their level of economic development, but
within-county variance is not limited to monetary dimension. Controlling for settlement type, human
capital and employment status in multivariate settings, the paper tests the hypothesis of the continuous
importance of occupational social class and the emerging role of diff erent life phases in individuals’
welfare outcomes. The results reveal that all specifi ed social classes and most of the defi ned life phases
have diverse and statistically signifi cant eff ects on the constructed deprivation index and the likelihood
of being under 70 per cent of the median deprivation threshold. Belonging to non-skilled manual, farmers
and skilled manual social class as well as being a child or lone parent were revealed to have the highest
risk of material deprivation. These fi ndings are in line with the conclusions made for the Western welfare
democracies on the complementary nature of social class and life course dimensions in explaining social
hardship." (author's abstract)
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%G en
%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
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