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Taking as a reference the data from the report of the National Observatory for the Fight Against Poverty
[1] and based on data from EU-SILC (2020), it is observed that 20% of the resident population in Portugal
was in a condition of social and economic vulnerability, which corresponds to 1/5 of the resident
population in Portugal. Another fact that the report highlights is related to the higher incidence of
vulnerability in rural areas (21.1%), which presents a higher risk of poverty than in densely populated
areas (13.3%) and medium populated areas (16.6%). Different studies such as those by Brandão [2],
and Calejon [3] reveal that there is a relationship between the condition of social vulnerability of children
and families and the school success of these children. Considering the right to quality education should
be guaranteed to all children, it is important to know how these vulnerabilities and their consequences
are perceived by families and children and how they may be conditioning their access to a quality
education provided by the schools they attend. This paper presents a project that aims to study the
paths of vulnerability and its possible causes through the voices of families and children who are in a
condition of social and economic vulnerability. To this purpose, it will address the following question:
what is the life path of families who are in a condition of social and economic vulnerability? Its objectives
are: (i) to analyse the life path of families in a situation of social and economic vulnerability; (ii) to
characterize the families in a situation of social and economic vulnerability, based on the voice of the
actors; (iii) to understand the relation between the situation of vulnerability of families and children's
school success; (iv) to analyse children's perception of their family situation and their school path; (v) to
identify relevant mechanisms to prevent and/or overcome different social and economic vulnerabilities.
Therefore, it focuses on eight families from the northern/interior region of Portugal and uses life
narratives to survey the social reality under consideration. Hence, it is qualitative research, using semi-
structured interviews with two previously developed scripts (one for adults and the other for children). It
is important to highlight the social impact of this study which will provide a deep knowledge of families
and children in situations of social and economic vulnerability, allowing a better understanding about the
impact that certain vulnerabilities may have on children's school success, and it will identify relevant
mechanisms to prevent and/or overcome them. This information is not limited to its apparent descriptive
nature, but it may constitute an important knowledge source to be considered in the development of
future intervention proposals regarding the prevention of vulnerabilities that may emerge during the
research, and, more specifically, of those that may be related to the (in)success at school of children
who experience them.
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Social and economic vulnerability School (in)success Voice of children and family Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology
Citation
Vaz, Paula Marisa Fortunato; Mesquita, Elza; Freire Ribeiro, Ilda; Reichert, Rosilda Marilete (2022). The voices of families and children in situations of social and economic vulnerability: a report of a project. In 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Sevilha: IATED. p. 7678-7683. ISBN 978-84-09-45476-1
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IATED