Abstract
BackgroundThough the concept of multidimensional poverty has been acknowledged cutting across the disciplines (among economists, public health professionals, development thinkers, social scientists, policy makers and international organizations) and included in the development agenda, its measurement and application are still limited.Objectives and MethodologyUsing unit data from the National Family and Health Survey 3, India, this paper measures poverty in multidimensional space and examine the linkages of multidimensional poverty with child survival. The multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimension of knowledge, health and wealth and the child survival is measured with respect to infant mortality and under-five mortality. Descriptive statistics, principal component analyses and the life table methods are used in the analyses.ResultsThe estimates of multidimensional poverty are robust and the inter-state differentials are large. While infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate are disproportionately higher among the abject poor compared to the non-poor, there are no significant differences in child survival among educationally, economically and health poor at the national level. State pattern in child survival among the education, economical and health poor are mixed.ConclusionUse of multidimensional poverty measures help to identify abject poor who are unlikely to come out of poverty trap. The child survival is significantly lower among abject poor compared to moderate poor and non-poor. We urge to popularize the concept of multiple deprivations in research and program so as to reduce poverty and inequality in the population.
Highlights
The paper has two empirical goals; i) to measure the state of multidimensional poverty in India and ii) to examine the state of child survival among the abject poor, moderate poor and non-poor households in India
While infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate are disproportionately higher among the abject poor compared to the nonpoor, there are no significant differences in child survival among educationally, economically and health poor at the national level
Though multidimensional poverty has been acknowledged cutting across the disciplines and included in the development agenda, its measurement and application are still limited
Summary
The paper has two empirical goals; i) to measure the state of multidimensional poverty in India and ii) to examine the state of child survival among the abject poor, moderate poor and non-poor households in India. Though multidimensional poverty has been acknowledged cutting across the disciplines (among economists, development thinkers, social scientists, public health professionals, policy makers and international organizations) and included in the development agenda, its measurement and application are still limited. In transitional economies, health care services are more likely to benefit the non-poor than the poor [2] Along with these goals and rationale, we hypothesize that there are no significant differences in child survival (infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate) among the educational poor, wealth poor and health poor in India. Though the concept of multidimensional poverty has been acknowledged cutting across the disciplines (among economists, public health professionals, development thinkers, social scientists, policy makers and international organizations) and included in the development agenda, its measurement and application are still limited
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