MATERIAL DEPRIVATION AND ITS REFLECTION IN THE SLOVAK SOCIETY

Globalization processes, due to which markets and production in different countries become interdependent, has brought fundamental changes in the inequalities of society. In all economically developed countries the impacts of globalization have significantly changed the proportion of distribution of socially created wealth for the benefit of the highest social classes. The processes of economic globalization affect selectively. We can say that globalization makes inequality, poverty and social exclusion more visible and increases the sensitivity of their perception. The indicator of material deprivation expresses multidimensionality of poverty and social exclusion. Material deprivation in Slovak condition was not investigated until accession to the European Union. Since 2005 the Slovak Republic has participated in the regular statistical survey European Union Statistics on Income and Living Condition (EU-SILC) whereby we get a reflection of the state of material deprivation. The intention of this paper is using secondary analysis of statistical data of EU-SILC identified the extent of materially deprived persons in the Slovak Republic who are due to a lack of resources excluded from the acceptable living standard of Slovak society. The attention is further focused on the selected dimension of material deprivation and potential risks of persistence of this phenomenon in the Slovak society.