Social exclusion monitor bulletin December 2012

Abstract

RESEARCH BULLETIN

Social exclusion monitor bulletin December 2012 Francisco Azpitarte In this third bulletin we summarise the results of the social exclusion monitor, recently updated using 2010 data, and investigate the persistence of social exclusion.

possible social exclusion score lies between 0 and 7, where 7 indicates the highest level of social exclusion. Table 1 BSL–MIAESR measure of social exclusion*

Background In 2008, the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) in collaboration with the Melbourne Institute (MIAESR) commenced a research project to develop a method to measure the extent and evolution of social exclusion in Australia. In contrast to one-dimensional poverty measures such as those based on income or consumption, the social exclusion approach to disadvantage explicitly recognises the importance of multiple and interrelated factors in determining the capacity of individuals to fully participate in society.