Extent of Child Social Exclusion in Pakhtun Culture: A Multidimensional Approach

Asad Ullah () and Mussawar Shah
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Asad Ullah: The University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan
Mussawar Shah: The University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2016, vol. 11, issue 2, No 12, 525-538

Abstract: Abstract The main objective of this paper was to investigate the association between socio-economic variables like Access to Services, Participation in Paid Work, Education/Skills, Health Status, State of Living Environment, Environment of Crimes at Community Level, Gender, Sufficiency of Family Income, Perception of Poverty and Religious Affiliation with Social Exclusion in Children. The results showed that there were indications of low likelihood of social exclusion among children with improved access to services, state of education and skills, state of health status and family income. Conversely, high likelihood of social exclusion is traced in those children who participated in paid work, lived in poor state of physical living environment; lived in environment of crimes at community level, from feminine gender, felt themselves poor and belonged to religious minority. Eliminating underage employment, provision of vital educational facilities encompassing the modern age needs, strict crime controlling measures through law enforcing agencies; drive for coordination between family and community for addressing gender based disparities in working environment under a sound package were suggested as some of the policy recommendations in the light of the study.

Keywords: Social exclusion; Bristol social exclusion matrix; Resources; Economic participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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