Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland - An Equality Analysis of Census 2006 - Dorothy Watson, Pete Lunn,

It also means that the comparative position of the grounds can be identified in respect of the socio-economic variables – in regard to education, the labour market and so on – collected in the Census. [...] x Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland: An Equality Analysis of Census 2006 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The goal of this report is to examine the risk of disadvantage associated with the nine grounds on the basis of which unequal treatment is prohibited under the Equality Acts: gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller. [...] In the first two chapters of the report we describe the conceptual background to the study, emphasising the importance of understanding processes of disadvantage, and the data used for the analysis. [...] For instance, being male and having a physical disability fits the pattern of non-additive disadvantage for low levels of education, weakly fits the pattern of exponential disadvantage for unemployment and fits the pattern of additive disadvantage for lack of access to a car. [...] xvi Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland: An Equality Analysis of Census 2006 1 CONTEXT AND PROCESSES OF DISADVANTAGE 1.1 Introduction The goal of this report is to examine the risk of disadvantage experienced by groups covered in the Equality Acts1.