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Social exclusion of children

Original title: Sociale uitsluiting bij kinderen.

Combating social exclusion of children is a subject that has received growing attention in Dutch government policy in recent years. To date, however, no analysis has been performed to ascertain the extent and origins of this phenomenon. This report seeks to fill that gap. It looks first at the question of what social exclusion of children entails and how it can best be measured. Four dimensions of exclusion are distinguished: inadequate social participation, inadequate normative integration, material deprivation and inadequate access to social rights. The report then explores how many children in the Netherlands are confronted with social exclusion. It also investigates the mechanisms which cause children to become socially excluded: is the extent of poverty the prime determinant, or are other factors also important?