Is Poverty Multidimensional? A Comparison of Income and Asset Based Measures in Five Southern African Countries

Autor/inn/en	von Maltzahn, Robyn; Durrheim, Kevin
Titel	Is Poverty Multidimensional? A Comparison of Income and Asset Based Measures in Five Southern African Countries
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 86 (2008) 1, S.149-162 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-007-9105-7
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Poverty; Income; Construct Validity; Foreign Countries; Measurement Techniques; Intervention; Social Indicators; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Einkommen; Ausland; Messtechnik; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper contests the major emphasis placed on the multidimensional nature of poverty measurement. Instead, it argues that poverty pictures created by different measures and at different units of analysis tend to converge. This argument is derived from a comparison of poverty pictures created using income and asset-based measures at the national and household level in five South African Development Community countries. Although multidimensional measures have value in illuminating subtle differences, the findings indicate a single dimension of poverty that runs throughout all the measures and levels of analysis. However, despite the single poverty picture provided by different measures, the abandonment of these different measures is not supported. Multidimensional measures provide insight into particular elements of poverty that is useful and relevant to poverty interventions. (Author).
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