Zavaleta, D., Samuel, K. and Mills, C.T. (2017) Measures of Social Isolation. Social Indicators Research, 131 (1). pp. 367-391. ISSN 0303-8300
Abstract
Social isolation is a deprivation of social connectedness. It is a crucial aspect that continues to be named by people as a core impediment for achieving well-being and as a relevant factor for understanding poverty. However it is not routinely included in surveys that provide data on multidimensional poverty measurement. Although the challenge of measuring social connectedness is daunting, this paper argues that existing research in several fields provides solid ground for the construction of basic internationally comparable indicators that measure specific aspects of social isolation. In particular, this paper synthesises the relevant literature on the measurement of social isolation and related phenomena, and on the basis of this synthetic review, proposes a module of indicators to measure social connectedness that could be feasibly incorporated into an internationally comparable multi-topic household survey.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Indicators Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Social indicators; Social connectedness; Social isolation; Relational poverty; Multidimensional poverty; Personal relations |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2016 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2017 21:28 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1252-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11205-016-1252-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96850 |