Factores asociados a la pobreza subjetiva en Colombia: un estudio desde el enfoque de las capacidades y la economía de la felicidad

Adaptation and Measurement Invariance by Gender of the Flourishing Scale in a Colombian Sample

“…Various studies have been conducted with the Colombian population, which were consistent in finding notable differences regarding wellbeing. This can be attributed to socioeconomic, regional, sociodemographic, and personal factors [ 58 , 59 , 60 ], among others.…”

Institutional Development in Main Colombian Cities: What Is Its Relation to Subjective Poverty?

“…According to Hoyos' classification (2005), an ENP between 1 and 1.6 shows a strong one-party system; between 1.6 and 2.0, an attenuated oneparty system; between 2.0 and 2.7, a twoparty system; and higher than 2.7, a system with a tendency to multiparty or multi-party. And inspired by Pinzón Gutiérrez (2017), DL im is a vector on the satisfaction or perception of some dimensions of life that are self-reported by individuals (i), such as health services, housing conditions, bodily integrity and safety, and commuting time. Both X im and DL im are explained in Table 3.…”

“…As control variables, is a vector of some individual characteristics (i) such as stratum, age, and gender. And inspired by Pinzón Gutiérrez (2017), is a vector on the satisfaction or perception of some dimensions of life that are self-reported by individuals (i), such as health services, housing conditions, bodily integrity and safety, and commuting time. Both and are explained in Table 3.…”

“…In Colombia, studies of SP are also relatively recent (Castillo, Castro, and González 2011; Niño-Muñoz and Morera-Ubaque 2018; Pinzón Gutiérrez 2017, Piñeros López and Clavijo Abril 2015; Piñeros and González 2015; Tobasura Jiménez and Casas Herrera 2017). Some studies have estimated the probability of citizens’ feeling poor by analyzing simultaneously variables such as income, homeownership, possession of goods, educational level, living in a urban area, health condition, employment (Niño-Muñoz and Morera-Ubaque 2018; Piñeros and González 2015), satisfaction with public services, and children’s age (Castillo, Castro, and González 2011).…”

“…Unfortunately, these attempts have not effectively tackled the root causes of social inequality (Ramírez-Orozco 2013) or other violent factors (Lupu 2020; Moreno León 2021). Analyzing solely monetary indicators is not enough to highlight where efforts can be focused to achieve a possible solution, as there are other factors that need to be developed to overcome the feeling of poverty (Aguado-Quintero et al 2010; Niño-Muñoz and Morera-Ubaque 2018; Piñeros López and Clavijo Abril 2015; Piñeros and González 2015; Pinzón Gutiérrez 2017; Tobasura Jiménez and Casas Herrera 2017). People need social, economic, political, and cultural opportunities to achieve their desired state of living and thus assess satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their living conditions.…”