Degree of social cohesion

Definition : Unemployment is measured as the percentage of working population that is unemployed (definition according to the International Labour Office (ILO) standard classification). Indices of Social exclusion are measured as the percentage of the population receiving a minimum allowance (Revenu Minimum d'Insertion or RMI in France; 'Leefloners' in Belgium), the percentage of the households that is living on a low income during more than 3 years (The Netherlands) and the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2004) in the UK. Indicator values for the amalgamated coastal municipalities are compared to the wider reference region.
Description : Deprivation or social exclusion is a measure of inequality. Different factors may affect the degree of social exclusion (low income, number of elderly residents, ratio of dependents to wage earners, indices of ill health, environmental deprivation including housing conditions, and so on. Relevant is to asses whether the observed differences between coastal and non-coastal areas are significant enough to warrant separate policies for the coast and the better targeting of vulnerable groups.
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Degree of social cohesion
  • Unemployment
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  • Unemployment excluding 'Greater London'
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  • Social exclusion West-Vlaanderen (Belgium)
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  • Social exclusion Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France)
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  • Social exclusion Zeeland (The Netherlands)
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  • Overall Index of Multiple Deprivation UK - IMD 2004
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  • Index of social exclusion UK excluding 'Greater London'
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