ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the nature of social exclusion in Great Britain in the 1990s. It deals with a brief description of the British Household Panel Survey – one of few datasets that allow a complex multi-dimensional and longitudinal analysis of social exclusion in Great Britain. The chapter details the construction of a set of quantitative social indicators as a tool for investigating the extent and nature of social exclusion in Great Britain, in particular its multi-dimensional and longitudinal characteristics. The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) was established in 1989 to examine social and economic change at the individual and household level in Great Britain and to identify, model and forecast such changes, and their causes and consequences in relation to a range of socio-economic characteristics. The BHPS is a unique source of information for investigating social exclusion in Great Britain because it is both a multi-dimensional and longitudinal survey.
