Trajectories of Latent Vulnerability and Distress: Identifying Social and Spatial Fringes of the Swedish Population

Abstract It can be argued that a society is never better than how Individuals on its social and spatial fringes are faring. This motivates the purpose of this paper, which to study vulnerable groups identified, defined explored in perspective using latent class analysis (LCA) whole Swedish population. We use space refine meanings vulnerability individuals groups, by contextualizing their vulnerability. knowledge fundamental for creating equal living conditions promoting cohesion needed socially sustainable societies. Thus, equality integration basic ideas welfare policy but recent years, idea has met various challenges with new population rural–urban polarization, disadvantaged housing areas. Using register data, we here identified life course trajectories associated vulnerability, applying LCA total aged 25 59 years. classes courses, detected some more others. The patterns were analysed individualized neighbourhoods including proportion closest neighbours belonging class. A second refined findings into different types distress; extra distressed courses found metropolitan areas Million program urban outskirts, other often unattractive (low price) rural areas, fringes.