Abstract
This paper attempts different approaches to analyzing poverty in West Java. The aim is to provide an alternative multidimensional measurement of poverty using Alkire-Foster methods based on 5 dimensions, namely health, education, standard of living, employment and wealth. We estimated multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and identified the poor using the SUSENAS 2020. We constructed the MPI using 19 indicators pertaining to 5 valuable dimensions of well-being. We find that 23% of populations fall below the poverty line. Another interesting result is multidimensional poverty is significantly higher in rural than in urban areas. In 2020, two-thirds of the multidimensional poor people live within rural areas. Indicators having the highest contribution on MPI respectively are years of schooling, informal job, and health insurance.
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