Aðstæður barna foreldra sem njóta fjárhagsaðstoðar

Fyrir skömmu birti Rannsóknastofnun í barna- og fjölskylduvernd (RBF) niðurstöður rannsóknar um aðstæður barna foreldra sem njóta fjárhagsaðstoðar. Skýrslan ber titilinn Jaðarstaða foreldra - velferð barna og var unnin af Elísabetu Karlsdóttur og Erlu Björgu Sigurðardóttur. Athygli var vakin á skýrslunni á mbl.is þann 4. júní síðastliðinn, en hana má nálgast í heildaraðgangi hér.

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This paper (ritröð) was based on a research which the ICE CCFR (Centre for Children and Family Research) and SSRI (The Social Science Research Institute) conducted for the Reykjavík Welfare office in the winter 2011-2012. People who receive financial support from municipalities are, among others, the ones who have the lowest income in Iceland. This research was based on comparing the socio-economic status of parents in Reykjavík, depending on whether their income was based on social benefit from municipalities, unemployment benefits or salary from the general labor market. The main goal for this paper is firstly to find out if children who have parents receiving social support or unemployment benefits are socially excluded from social activities, sports or other leisure activity. Secondly to explore the effect of poor economic status of parents on the children’s, social- capital and network. The findings strongly indicate that have children who receive social or unemployment benefits are excluded from social activities as well as having a poor social status because of their parent’s way of earnings.