relative deprivation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeanddeprivation
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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deprivation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdep.rɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdep.rəˈveɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a ...
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We show that if households have to satisfy a common minimum consumption requirement, periods of economic growth will be accompanied by increasingrelativedeprivation.
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Studying children raised in institutions, therefore, provides an opportunity to capitalize on a natural experiment that involves caregiving in an environment ofrelativedeprivation.
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The measurement of abstract notions likerelativedeprivationand distributivc justice in a form suitable for mathematical modelling is no easy matter.
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This way, situations of deprivation that are less common and thus lead to strong feelings ofrelativedeprivationhave stronger weights.
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If these differences are symptomatic of minimum consumption requirements, poor households as a group would exhibit the type ofrelativedeprivationdiscussed in this paper.
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It is this pronouncedrelativedeprivationin the urban areas of rentier states that partly explains their proneness to rebel movements.
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The findings of the study support the authors' main hypothesis thatrelativedeprivationand distributive justice mediate the relationship between income and financial satisfaction.
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We therefore find a remarkable similarity in the relationship between persistent poverty andrelativedeprivationacross countries.
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The book rightly reacts against materialist and structuralist approaches to social history, and specifically sets out to route an alternative torelativedeprivationtheories.
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Numerous studies have testified to the degree ofrelativedeprivationof older women in a wide range of respects.
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Evidence already exists of the importance ofrelativedeprivationin explaining heights within this sample.
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This article describes a study which aims to refine measures of financial satisfaction andrelativedeprivation.
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Relativedeprivationand working women.
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Rather, it more likely flows from a sense ofrelativedeprivationthat, accompanying the deteriorating socioeconomic polarization, is perhaps far stronger and more anti-government than in democratic societies.
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A question which focuses on how people view their economic position in relation to their fellow citizens (individualrelativedeprivation), produced more significant correlations for three states.
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The chapter echoes the classicrelativedeprivationargument for mass mobilization: "the rising expectations that accompanied the onset of modernization have been crushed by harsh socioeconomic realities" (p. 28).
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Townsend (1979) was an early exception, comparing the results of hisrelativedeprivationindex with equivalent income.
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It is, therefore, virtually impossible to establish therelativedeprivationof various health districts simply by a comparison of waiting lists.
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I accept that the regions would prosper to the extent that there would be fewer unemployed than otherwise, but we are talking aboutrelativedeprivation.
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This is an aspect of inequality which has always concerned those who represent regions or areas ofrelativedeprivation, whether inner city or rural.
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