ABSTRACT
Marginalization of young people has been associated with poor health, decreased subjective well-being and limited opportunities for social participation, among other negative outcomes. This chapter investigates how marginalized, low-income youth cope with their marginalization and deprivation in the context of everyday life in Finland. The analysis presented in the chapter is based on 65 autobiographical narratives of Finnish youths who are marginalized or at risk of marginalization. The chapter analyses how these young people utilize various coping strategies to reduce the financial and psychological burdens associated with material and social deprivation. The cultural and resource-oriented perspectives on coping provide a theoretical background to the analysis. Also the role of welfare services available to them is reflected. The concepts of marginalization and deprivation are used to refer to a situation where young people are lacking social and economic resources, hindering their full participation in a society.
