<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>With respect to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the threat of poverty and social exclusion has not been sufficiently reduced in the European Union (EU) over the past decade, and large regional disparities persist. Young people are the most affected by the problems of income poverty, material deprivation and labour market exclusion, which are the three dimensions of poverty and social exclusion. In this article, we focus on comparing the EU countries in terms of the three listed dimensions, while revealing similarities and differences in the incidence and severity of these social phenomena among youth. In addition to measuring dimensions by the currently used AROPE (at risk of poverty or social exclusion) rate, we also use a larger spectrum of relevant indicators for a more comprehensive analysis. While the AROPE aggregate indicator uses the same methodology for the population of young people as for the whole population, our approach includes indicators that are specific to young people. We assume that all dimensions affect each other, so we apply multidimensional statistical methods such as principal components and cluster analysis to analyse them. These methods have revealed that some dimensions affect poverty and social exclusion to a greater extent and others to a lesser extent than might appear to be the case, based on AROPE’s partial rates. Moreover, we present quantified integral indicators that together with the results of the multivariate methods, provide a rather complex picture concerning the geographical distribution of poverty and social exclusion, as well as their dimensions in the EU, for the population of persons aged 18–24 years in 2008 and 2017.</p></abstract>

With respect to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the threat of poverty and social exclusion has not been sufficiently reduced in the European Union (EU) over the past decade, and large regional disparities persist. Young people are the most affected by the problems of income poverty, material deprivation and labour market exclusion, which are the three dimensions of poverty and social exclusion. In this article, we focus on comparing the EU countries in terms of the three listed dimensions, while revealing similarities and differences in the incidence and severity of these social phenomena among youth. In addition to measuring dimensions by the currently used AROPE (at risk of poverty or social exclusion) rate, we also use a larger spectrum of relevant indicators for a more comprehensive analysis. While the AROPE aggregate indicator uses the same methodology for the population of young people as for the whole population, our approach includes indicators that are specific to young people. We assume that all dimensions affect each other, so we apply multidimensional statistical methods such as principal components and cluster analysis to analyse them. These methods have revealed that some dimensions affect poverty and social exclusion to a greater extent and others to a lesser extent than might appear to be the case, based on AROPE’s partial rates. Moreover, we present quantified integral indicators that together with the results of the multivariate methods, provide a rather complex picture concerning the geographical distribution of poverty and social exclusion, as well as their dimensions in the EU, for the population of persons aged 18–24 years in 2008 and 2017.

Changes in the geographical distribution of youth poverty and social exclusion in EU member countries between 2008 and 2017

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economic Informatics

Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Faculty of Economic Informatics

Moravian Geographical Reports

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With respect to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the threat of poverty and social exclusion has not been sufficiently reduced in...

Changes in the geographical distribution of youth poverty and social exclusion in EU member countries between 2008 and 2017

Published Online: Apr 09, 2020

Page range: 2 - 15

Received: Jun 12, 2019

Accepted: Feb 07, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0001

Keywords
youth, poverty, social exclusion, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, Europe 2020 Strategy, European Union

© 2020 Erik Šoltés et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Changes in the geographical distribution of youth poverty and social exclusion in EU member countries between 2008 and 2017

Published Online: Apr 09, 2020

Page range: 2 - 15

Received: Jun 12, 2019

Accepted: Feb 07, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0001

Keywordsyouth, poverty, social exclusion, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, Europe 2020 Strategy, European Union

© 2020 Erik Šoltés et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
youth, poverty, social exclusion, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, Europe 2020 Strategy, European Union