Child Poverty in Vietnam: Providing Insights Using a Country-Specific and Multidimensional Model

Autor/inn/en	Roelen, Keetie; Gassmann, Franziska; de Neubourg, Chris
Titel	Child Poverty in Vietnam: Providing Insights Using a Country-Specific and Multidimensional Model
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 98 (2010) 1, S.129-145 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9522-x
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Foreign Countries; Disadvantaged Environment; Cultural Context; Children; Measurement; Ethnic Groups; Regional Characteristics; Social Indicators; Sociometric Techniques; Public Policy; Gender Differences; Rural Urban Differences; Child Welfare; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Messverfahren; Ethnie; Regionaler Faktor; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Kindeswohl
Abstract	Despite a wide under-prioritization, the issue of child poverty has received increasing attention worldwide over the last decade. The acknowledgement in Vietnam that child-specific poverty measurement is crucial for poverty efforts directed towards children, and the current lack thereof, instigated the development of a Vietnam child poverty approach. This paper proposes a country-specific, multidimensional and outcome-based approach for the measurement of the incidence, depth and severity of child poverty. It does so at the level of the individual child using household survey data. The development of such an approach at the level of the individual child presents an appropriate alternative for or supplement to the widely used monetary poverty approach, allowing for the use of compatible analytical methods. Findings suggest that 37% of all children in Vietnam live in poverty, with the most pressing areas of deprivation being water, sanitation and leisure. We do not find evidence for a gender bias but do observe a large urban-rural divide, regional disparities and large ethnic inequalities. We argue that this tailor-made approach is a valuable new tool for policy makers and analysts in Vietnam as it enables identification and analysis of poor children, their characteristics and most pressing areas of deprivation within the country's specific social and cultural context. (Contains 6 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10