The breadth and depth of multidimensional child poverty in China |
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Authors: | Yichao Wu Di Qi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, China;2. Department of Sociology, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China |
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Abstract: | This study analysed the multidimensional child poverty status in China between 1989 and 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition survey data. Based on the Alkire–Foster method for measuring poverty, a multidimensional poverty index was calculated and further decomposed into seven deprivation dimensions: nutrition, water, sanitation, health, education, shelter and information. The study has four main findings: (1) The multidimensional child poverty rate in China declined gradually where the sanitation facility was most severely deprived; (2) The poverty gap between rich and poor provinces remained over the years; (3) The urban–rural disparity was reduced in all seven dimensions; (4) The poorest of the poor climbed out of ultra‐poverty and became the moderately poor or even the non‐poor. |
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Keywords: | Child poverty China deprivation ultra‐poverty poverty gap |
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