PMMA-11330 Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Well-being

Abstract

This paper generates multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children over a ten year period-1993 to 2003. Demographic and Health Survey data are utilized to advance the measurement of poverty in Kenya in four ways: First the paper constructs a composite poverty index (CPI). Second, it applies the Alkire and Foster (2007) approach to the measurement of multidimensional poverty based on the CPI and health status. Third, stochastic dominance approaches are used to make poverty orderings across groups. Fourth, the bi-variate Probit model is applied to explore the correlates of multidimensional poverty. The results show that: the distribution of poor women and children differ across groups, space and time; and the CPI and rural areas contributed more than health and urban areas respectively to multi-dimensional poverty. Results further suggest that understanding the correlates of wellbeing in a multidimensional context can generate policy insights for improving human capital investments.

Members

Project leader: Jane Kabubo-Mariara

Project researchers: Susan Musau | Anthony Wambugu

Journal publication

No journal publications.

Working Papers

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	Multidimensional Poverty in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Wellbeing	2011-09-23	1830.84KB	0	1

Policy Briefs

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	Multidimensional Poverty in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Wellbeing	2011-02-11	132.82KB	0	0

Final report

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	Multidimensional Poverty in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Wellbeing	2010-09-07	1511.15KB	0	0

Proposal

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		2008-11-10	217.06KB	3	2