Professor, Uludag University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
*Author correspondence: Nuran Bayram, PhD Professor Uludag University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 16059, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey Email: nuranb@uludag.edu.tr
Online published on 20 June, 2019.
Social exclusion is a relative concept, in the sense that an individual can be socially excluded only in comparison with other members of a society; there is no “absolute” social exclusion, and an individual can be declared socially excluded only with respect to the society in which she/he is considered to be a member. The present study we aimed to assess: The existence and level of social exclusion and contributing factors among a group of Turkish University students who are enrolled to a public university which is located in the western. There were 293 students in our study group. We found statistically significant differences among male and female students in terms of material deprivation and obtaining social rights dimensions of the social exclusion scale. For both of these dimensions male students were more socially excluded than female students. Economic status found to be an important factor for social exclusion and students who decribed their economic status as poor were more socially excluded for all dimensions except cultural integration. Three dimensions of the social exclusion scale found to be more important among our study group and these were: material deprivation, social rights and social participation.
Social exclusion, Social exclusion scale, University students, Material deprivation, Turkey
