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Autor/inn/en | Alkire, Sabina; Seth, Suman |
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Titel | Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India |
Quelle | In: Social Indicators Research, 112 (2013) 2, S.417-446 (30 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0303-8300 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11205-013-0254-6 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Family (Sociological Unit); Scoring; Methods; Social Class; Poverty; Benchmarking; Selection Criteria; Family Characteristics; Developing Nations; Social Indicators; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Public Policy; Research Methodology; Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Predictor Variables; Socioeconomic Status; India Ausland; Familie; Bewertung; Method; Methode; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Armut; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Prädiktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Indien |
Abstract | This paper proposes how to select a methodology to target multidimensionally poor households, and how to update that targeting exercise periodically. We present this methodology in the context of discussions regarding the selection of a targeting methodology in India. In 1992, 1997, and 2002 the Indian government identified households that are below the poverty line (BPL) and in updating the 2002 methodology, alternative methods have been proposed and vigorously debated. A fourth BPL method was published and a corresponding Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC), implemented. Using the third National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), this paper illustrates how a BPL targeting method using SECC variables might be calibrated to a multidimensional poverty measure. This paper compares the fit between a benchmark measure of multidimensional poverty and several plausible targeting methods to determine which method(s) approximate it--as well as related measures--most closely. We find a ten-item binary scoring method, which uses variables already available in the SECC questionnaire, provides a strong proxy. The emphasis of this paper is to illustrate how a particular targeting method can be justified, rather than to advocate any particular solution. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |