Abstract
Perceived causes of poverty in the context of objective poverty, subjective poverty and selected sociodemographic variables
Highlights
Poverty is an interdisciplinary phenomenon (Želinský, 2014), that has been studied in the fields of economics (Dalton et al, 2016), sociology (Kreidl, 2000) and psychology throughout the world (Ryon & Gleason, 2013) and even in Slovakia (Adamkovič, 2019; Mikulášková & Adamkovič, 2018)
The findings provide insight into the widely up to now unexplored issue of perceived causes of poverty in Slovakia
It was hypothesized that objective poverty, subjective poverty, gender, and age would be confirmed as positive predictors of structural and fatalistic perceived causes of poverty while marital status, employment status and education would be confirmed as negative predictors
Summary
Poverty is an interdisciplinary phenomenon (Želinský, 2014), that has been studied in the fields of economics (Dalton et al, 2016), sociology (Kreidl, 2000) and psychology throughout the world (Ryon & Gleason, 2013) and even in Slovakia (Adamkovič, 2019; Mikulášková & Adamkovič, 2018). This research has looked at individuals' perceptions of the causes of poverty and the effect of various sociodemographic variables such as social class (Kluegel & Smith, 1981), income (Lever & Trejo, 2004), subjective assessment of one's economic situation (Strapcová, 2005), gender (Bullock, 1999), age (Niemelä, 2008), education (Hunt, 1996) and employment (Strapcová, 2005). 17 participants stated that primary school had been their highest level of education, 31 participants stated that they had left secondary school without A level exam, 46
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