Multidimensional perspective of the poverty and dynamics of middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan

Chen, Ke-Mei; Leu, Chao-Hsien

doi:10.1177/0020872819892674

Cited by 6 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 41 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…18 Older adults are particularly at risk of multidimensional poverty as evidenced in Afghanistan, 19 the United States, 20 Hong Kong, 21 , 22 Iran, 23 and Taiwan. 24 Estimates from a mental health study (n = 4336) established dementia prevalence at 5.8% for Afghans over age 65. 25 In this study, we examined major contributors to multidimensional poverty of older Afghans and its association with dementia.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multidimensional poverty is associated with dementia among adults in Afghanistan

Trani¹,

Zhu²,

Park³

et al. 2023

eClinicalMedicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multidimensional poverty is associated with dementia among adults in Afghanistan

Trani¹,

Zhu²,

Park³

et al. 2023

eClinicalMedicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Poverty includes not only income poverty, but also poverty in education, health, drinking water, and energy supply. It is a multidimensional concept (BABALOLA et al, 2021;CHEN et al, 2022). The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) is widely used in the academic literature as a measuring tool (LI et al, 2019;DUTTA et al, 2021;LARRÚ et al, 2022).…”

Section: Variable Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Off-farm employment and multidimensional poverty: empirical evidences from the Yellow River Basin in China

Zhang

et al. 2024

Cienc. Rural

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As an essential way to enhance farmers’ self-development ability, off-farm employment plays an indispensable role in farmers’ multidimensional poverty reduction in many countries. Employing a survey of 1926 farmers in five provinces of the Yellow River Basin in China, this paper examined the multi-dimensional poverty reduction effect of off-farm employment and the heterogeneous influence of different dimensions of off-farm employment (modes, levels, distances and frequency). The results showed that (1) although absolute poverty in the income dimension was largely eliminated in the Yellow River Basin, the poverty in social resources, transportation facilities, employment security were the key bottlenecks restricting farmers’ self-development. (2) The province with the best multidimensional poverty reduction effect for non-farm employment was Shaanxi, with the largest contribution to employment security. (3) Improving off-farm employment level, distance and time can significantly alleviate the multi-dimensional poverty of farmers. Therefore, to lessen the multi-dimensional poverty of farmers in the Yellow River Basin, it is necessary to focus on the governance of multi-dimensional key poverty-stricken areas, such as the middle and upper courses of the Yellow River, adopting multidimensional poverty alleviation strategy of off-farm employment according to local conditions, working on the farmers’ deficiencies in social resources, mobility, employment security, and deepening the effect of off-farm employment on benefiting farmers and helping the poor.

show abstract

“…In addition, multidimensional poverty was higher among female seniors than male seniors (70% compared to 30%). Chen and Leu (2022) assessed the dynamics of multidimensional poverty and inequality among middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan. They found older seniors confronted more multidimensional poverty.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Today, this approach is widely accepted among international organisations, so that the Human Development Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which are published annually by the United Nations, are measured using multidimensional poverty (Alkire, 2005; Alkire and Foster, 2011; Alkire and Santos, 2014). The wellbeing of an older person is not determined by his or her income alone, nor is deprivation limited to income deprivation, but deprivation of health, housing, education, dignity, political and social deprivation are among the various forms of deprivation (Tsui, 2002; McKay, 2008; Raghfar and Mohammadifard, 2013; Dhongde, 2017; Yun and Ko, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multidimensional poverty index: a multilevel analysis of deprivation among Iranian older adults

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although the older adult population faces a higher risk of poverty compared to others, there is no clear picture of their poverty in Iran. The aim of this study was to measure multidimensional poverty and its related factors among Iranian older adults. This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to November 2019 and collected data by interviewing 1,280 participants in Tehran, Iran. To compute multidimensional poverty, four dimensions were used: health (disabilities), education, housing and standard of living. Single and multidimensional poverty and the joint distribution of deprivation were calculated. Multilevel logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between predictor variables and outcome (multidimensional poverty). Multidimensional poverty among Tehran's older people was 59.0 per cent. The prevalence of health, housing, education and standard of living deprivations were 15.4, 25.3, 29.5 and 29.9 per cent, respectively. Furthermore, multivariate analysis shows that living with a spouse, being employed, and having health and social insurance coverage were protective factors, while being female was a risk factor for multidimensional poverty. Approximately 21 per cent of multidimensional poverty variance was attributed to the district level and the remaining was assigned to individual-level factors. This study showed that the older adults living in different areas of Tehran experience different aspects of poverty. So paying attention to the dimensions of multidimensional poverty can play an important role in customising the policies of each district. Also, the findings of this study on risk and protective factors of multidimensional poverty can be effective in designing and implementing interventions to mitigate poverty among the older adults.

show abstract

Multidimensional perspective of the poverty and dynamics of middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

Multidimensional poverty is associated with dementia among adults in Afghanistan

Multidimensional poverty is associated with dementia among adults in Afghanistan

Off-farm employment and multidimensional poverty: empirical evidences from the Yellow River Basin in China

Multidimensional poverty index: a multilevel analysis of deprivation among Iranian older adults

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About