Material deprivation: a case of Latvia
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Type: Research Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
10 September 2019
10 September 2019
Revised
3 October 2019
3 October 2019
Accepted
28 October 2019
28 October 2019
Abstract
Material deprivation has recently gained prominence as a topic of debate as its proliferation is reising throughout Europe in particular
in the countries hit hardest by financial and economic turbulences what leads to the gap in material deprivation levels throughout
Europe. The aim of the study is to analyze material deprivation in the regions of Latvia. Research methods used in preparation of
the paper: scientific publication and previous conducted research results analysis, analysis of anonimised data of EU-SILC survey
results and European Central Bank conducted survey on Household income and expenses survey results, results are compared with
the results of other EU countries. Survey anonimised data are analyzed using indicators of descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations
for regions of Latvia, for urban-rural living and analysis of variance – ANOVA are used. The results of analysis have indicated in
what situation are regions of Latvia in the context of material deprivation especially in Latgale region and what are the challenges
for decision makers to deal with – more attention for several approaches in reduction of income differences in regions of Latvia.