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Styles, B. – Educational Research, 2008
Background: Data for England from the national census can provide the socio-economic background of individual pupils and therefore the intake of schools. In many respects, this is more useful than the conventional measure of "free school meals", which has historically been used in the UK as a proxy measure for disadvantage. Prior to the…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Socioeconomic Background, Census Figures, Disadvantaged
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Zay, Danielle – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
Statistics in European countries show the same trends, for example: social inclusion depends on inclusion in education, training or employment, and life chances are greatly improved if the level of qualifications is high; in all European countries, economic growth still leads to the existence of "pockets" of poverty and economic and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Isolation, Comparative Analysis