EXPLAINING THE CORRELATES OF CHILD’S MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA USING THE ALKIRE-FOSTER APPROACH

Autor:	Thonaeng Charity Molelekoa, Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Child Poverty Multidimensional Poverty Index Alkire-Foster South Africa Economics as a science HB71-74
Zdroj:	Acta Economica, Vol 21, Iss 39 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1512-858X 2232-738X
DOI:	10.7251/ACE2339067C
Popis:	Child’s poverty remains one of the major concerns in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study analyzed the determinants of child’s multidimensional poverty in South Africa using the 2017, 2018 and 2019 General Household Survey (GHS) datasets. The Alkire-Foster’s methodology was used to compute child’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), and its correlates were analyzed using the Tobit regression. The results revealed that some regional and areas of residence factors significantly influenced MPIs across the periods (p
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