Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?

The recognition of poverty as a multidimensional concept has led to the development of more adequate tools for its identification. By allowing for subgroup and regional decompositions, those instruments are useful to allocate public action where most needed. This paper applies the Alkire and Foster...

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Autores: Montoya, Álvaro José Altamirano, Teixeira, Karla Maria Damiano
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Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Repositorio:LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
Idioma:inglés
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http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/21435
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Palabra clave:Multidimensional poverty
Female-headed households
Single mothers
Feminization of poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
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spelling Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?Multidimensional povertyFemale-headed householdsSingle mothersFeminization of povertyLatin AmericaNicaraguaThe recognition of poverty as a multidimensional concept has led to the development of more adequate tools for its identification. By allowing for subgroup and regional decompositions, those instruments are useful to allocate public action where most needed. This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011a) Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to study single-mother and biparental families in Nicaragua, modifying its original structure to match more closely with the country’s current structural problems. Using Nicaragua’s last Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 2011/2012), our multidimensional poverty figures contrast with the government’s national poverty line estimates, suggesting that income poverty overestimates the number of poor people. Thus, our MPI can help as a complement for traditional consumption poverty and Basic Needs analysis; even extending the exploration by using other official household surveys. On the other hand, multidimensional poverty analysis found poverty dominance of male-headed families over single-mother and female-headed biparental families, which serves to contradict the notion of women being more vulnerable than men. Within the MPI, the most important contributor was the Living Standards dimension, composed by indicators directly related to housing conditions, and the second most deprived dimension was Education. A strong policy implication that arises from our findings is the reduction of the urban–rural poverty gap. Specifically, our findings exalt the need for governmental policies directed to reduce Nicaragua’s housing and educational deficits as a priority, particularly in rural areas.Social Indicators Research2018-08-27T16:58:36Z2018-08-27T16:58:36Z2016-05-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepdfapplication/pdf15730921http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1345-yhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/21435engv. 132, n. 3, p. 1037– 1063, jul. 2017Springer Science+Business Media Dordrechtinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFVinstname:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)instacron:UFVMontoya, Álvaro José AltamiranoTeixeira, Karla Maria Damiano2024-07-12T08:23:07Zoai:locus.ufv.br:123456789/21435Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://www.locus.ufv.br/oai/requestfabiojreis@ufv.bropendoar:21452024-07-12T08:23:07LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV - Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)false
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title Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
spellingShingle Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
Montoya, Álvaro José Altamirano
Multidimensional poverty
Female-headed households
Single mothers
Feminization of poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
title_short Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
title_full Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
title_fullStr Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
title_full_unstemmed Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
title_sort Multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: are female-headed households better off?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Montoya, Álvaro José Altamirano
Teixeira, Karla Maria Damiano
author Montoya, Álvaro José Altamirano
author_facet Montoya, Álvaro José Altamirano
Teixeira, Karla Maria Damiano
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author2 Teixeira, Karla Maria Damiano
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Multidimensional poverty
Female-headed households
Single mothers
Feminization of poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
topic Multidimensional poverty
Female-headed households
Single mothers
Feminization of poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
description The recognition of poverty as a multidimensional concept has led to the development of more adequate tools for its identification. By allowing for subgroup and regional decompositions, those instruments are useful to allocate public action where most needed. This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011a) Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to study single-mother and biparental families in Nicaragua, modifying its original structure to match more closely with the country’s current structural problems. Using Nicaragua’s last Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 2011/2012), our multidimensional poverty figures contrast with the government’s national poverty line estimates, suggesting that income poverty overestimates the number of poor people. Thus, our MPI can help as a complement for traditional consumption poverty and Basic Needs analysis; even extending the exploration by using other official household surveys. On the other hand, multidimensional poverty analysis found poverty dominance of male-headed families over single-mother and female-headed biparental families, which serves to contradict the notion of women being more vulnerable than men. Within the MPI, the most important contributor was the Living Standards dimension, composed by indicators directly related to housing conditions, and the second most deprived dimension was Education. A strong policy implication that arises from our findings is the reduction of the urban–rural poverty gap. Specifically, our findings exalt the need for governmental policies directed to reduce Nicaragua’s housing and educational deficits as a priority, particularly in rural areas.
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