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Economist's Research Reveals Poverty Should be Measured by More than Income

posted by martyb on Sunday November 20 2016, @07:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-much-less-do-I-have-than-others dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, the definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.

New research from Georgia Tech economist Shatakshee Dhongde shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describes a household's economic condition. Dhongde looks at "deprivation" more than simply low income, and her work finds that almost 15 percent of Americans are deprived in multiple dimensions.

"This study approaches poverty in a new way," said Dhongde, who recently published "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in the U.S." in the journal Social Indicators Research.

"We tried to identify what is missing in the literature on poverty, and measure deprivation in six dimensions: health, education, standard of living, security, social connections, and housing quality. When you look at deprivation in these dimensions, you have a better picture of what is really going on with households, especially in developed countries like the United States."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:34PM (#430104)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:52PM (#430174)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @11:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @11:33PM (#430200)

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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @03:48AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @03:48AM (#430314)

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