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Measurement and Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from Taiwan

verfasst von: Ke-Mei Chen, Chao-Hsien Leu, Te-Mu Wang

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Poverty is multifaceted. In this study, multiple data sources and analytical approaches were used to analyze multidimensional poverty profiles in Taiwan. The Alkire–Foster method and a multilevel modeling technique were applied to examine multidimensional poverty and multilevel factors, respectively. The resulting estimates of multidimensional poverty indicated disparate multidimensional poverty profiles for the four districts of Taiwan. This study’s findings on the multilevel determinants of multidimensional poverty demonstrate that the levels of multiple dimensions of deprivation vary across cities and counties according to microlevel factors including age, socioeconomic status, marital status, household income, and household size. At the macrolevel, level of urbanization and service-to-manufacturing ratio were found to significantly correlate with level of multidimensional poverty. Finally, the study presents the implications of these findings for antipoverty policy and provides suggestions for future research.

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See Alkire et al. (2015c) for a more detailed discussion.

This study is based in part on data from the National Health Interview Survey Original Database provided by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, National Health Research Institutes and Food and Drug Administration, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The interpretation and conclusions herein do not represent those of the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, National Health Research Institutes and Food and Drug Administration, or the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The northern district comprises Taipei City, Taipei County, Yilan City, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, and Keelung City. The central district comprises Miaoli County, Taichung City*, Taichung County*, Changhua County, Nantou County, and Nantou County. The southern district consists of Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Tainan City*, Tainan County*, Kaohsiung City*, Kaohsiung County*, and Pingtung County. The eastern and outlying island district comprises Hualien County, Taitung County, and Penghu County. Penghu County comprises the outlying islands. An asterisk indicates that the city and county have been merged. Several city and county governments have been merged since 2010.

See Alkire et al. (2015b) for a more detailed discussion.

Socioeconomic status was recorded according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88).

The proportion of variance explained was computed as [\(\tau_{00}\) (baseline model) − \(\tau_{00}\) (comparison model)]/\(\tau_{00}\) (baseline model) (see Raudenbush and Bryk 2002).

The formula used to calculate the range of values was \(0.797 \pm 1.96 \times 0.008^{1/2} = (0.622,0.972)\).

Only one panel survey, the “Taiwan Database of Children and Youth in Poverty,” has been conducted. The nonprofit organization Taiwan Fund for Children and Families conducted this survey, which followed children and the young in low- and middle-income families. Data were collected every 2 years for a total of four waves of data.

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Titel: Measurement and Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from Taiwan
verfasst von: Ke-Mei Chen
Chao-Hsien Leu
Te-Mu Wang
Publikationsdatum: 08.04.2019
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-019-02118-8

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