ANNUAL REPORT ON SOCIAL VULNERABILITY 2006

ANNUAL REPORT ON SOCIAL VULNERABILITY 2006

Aims
  • Improving knowledge of the current situation and about the evolution of the main groups of people in situations of vulnerability in Spain.
  • Spreading the findings of the research, with the aim of reaching the highest degree of circulation and territorial scope.
  • Fomenting internal and public debate on the conclusions.Raising-awareness among the public, political decision-makers, administrations, social organizations, volunteer groups, social assistance professionals, users of public services, participants in the projects and businesses.
  • Consequently, broadening the professional network and encouraging an appropriate framework of social co-responsibility.
seeks to present a sociological "picture" of people in situations of vulnerability or social exclusion in Spain, constituting a major step forward in the social research conducted in Spain. The statistical analysis that has been done is detailed, rigorous and complex, as well as representative of the people who live in different situations of social vulnerability: men and women, minors and adults, with details on their social, economic, environmental, housing and family statuses, among other details; tens of thousands of people who participate in Red Cross programs throughout the Spanish state.1 The social analysis focuses on revealing the main variables of vulnerability and social exclusion of the groups or profiles of people who are at risk. For the first time, a Comprehensive Indicator of Vulnerability has also been prepared. The 2006 report includes a monographic study of people in situations of dependency, with 18 life stories of people in such situations, as well as recommendations by an expert panel.2


1 Given the broad territorial scope of our work, diversity of our ongoing activities and projects, huge number of people who participate in them, vast work of our personnel and volunteers and involvement of territorial authorities, we, at the Spanish Red Cross, are in a privileged position today to conduct a systematic and in-depth study of these characteristics, which has the potential for great impact.

2 The results that are presented have been obtained from the data contained in the Spanish Red Cross’ database Application, as of 24 July 2006. This collection of data was done by the different centers through an on-line computer program on the Internet, which is continuously up-dated and accessible by all of the territorial offices. The concept of "vulnerability," in this study, is synonymous with"vulnerabilidad", en este estudio, se emplea como sinónimo de "social risk".
 
 
 
 
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