Rurality, agriculture and social exclusion

The territorial inequality effects

Abstract

In general, social exclusion in rural areas is attributed to economic backwardness. The paper examines the rural-urban habitat contribution over the factors that produce vulnerability. The AROPE index —risk of poverty and exclusion— is analyzed by a logistic regression model that considers —socio-demographic household structures and agrarian bonding— as factors and their interaction with the habitat as a moderator variable. The findings show, by one hand, rural habitat reduces the vulnerability differences producing a less unequal environment among inhabitants. By another hand, it implies the internalization inside the households of the inequalities in the access of the rural population to the welfare services.