This paper analyses the report Poverty, Sense of Belonging and Experiences of Social Isolations in regards to the negative correlation between income and social isolation using the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results presented in the above mentioned report.
Introduction.
Poverty, Sense of belonging & Experience of Social Isolation an article from Journal of Poverty, 2009 written by Miriam J. Stewart (Faculty of Nursing & School of Public Health, University of Alberta), Edward Makwarimba (Social Support Research Program, University of Alberta), Linda I. Reutter ( Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta), Gerry Veenstra (Department pf Sociology, The University of British Colombia), Dennis Raphael ( School of Health Policy Management, York University), and Rhonda Love (Department of Public Health Sciences Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto).
The article concentrates difference between the social experiences of low income and high income people using a representative sample of 1671 lower and higher income participants. This article mainly concentrates on the relationship between income and Social Isolation, concluding that the income is a consistent predictor of measures of Social Isolation. .
According to Statistic Canada 14.9% of Canadians have low incomes. But the most alarming fact is that 13.3% of Canadian children live in poverty, compared to 11% across the 35 economically advanced countries (According to one study, half of First Nations children in Canada live in poverty). If people's ability to express their need for contact with each other is hindered by poverty: a majority of the citizens won't be able to voice their opinions and have their needs fulfilled. In the 21st century communication is the key to formulating social and economic policies, so all the citizens can fulfill their basic needs for food, shelter, healthcare and education. Therefore it is important to understand the correlation between income and social isolation to come up with strategies to mend the gap between low and high income classes minimizing the social isolation of people.
