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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
Indicator purpose

Share of the population living in poverty.

Abstract

This indicator provides the proportion of men, women, and children who are living in households that are deemed at risk of poverty according to national definitions.

Data source

Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)

Date last updated
04-NOV-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Other characteristics

Rights constitutive of poverty are associated with material deprivation and/ or the absence of public goods and services that are needed to satisfy basic human needs.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

Household in poverty: Households are defined as poor if their income or consumption expenditure is below the poverty line taking into account the number of household members and composition (e.g., number of adults and children).

Dimensions of poverty: Each of the constitutive rights is a dimension in the multidimensional analysis of poverty. Deprivation is measured for each dimension.

Deprivation: State of observable and demonstrable disadvantage relative to a particular (national or international) standard or threshold.

Continuum of deprivation: Deprivation happens along a range from no deprivation, through mild, moderate and severe deprivation to extreme deprivation at the end of the scale.

Disaggregation

is by sex and age. by geographic area, place of residence, mothers’ education, and household wealth.

Key statistical concepts

N/A

Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

A proxy to help policy makers eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by directing their poverty alleviation resources to those living in poverty.

Limitations
  • Inclusion of dimensions which are not rights constitutive of poverty.
  • There exists a possibility that children suffering severe deprivation in three or even four dimensions would not be considered poor.
  • Child Poverty is about the experience of the whole child. This means all the dimensions must be assessed simultaneously for the same child (consequently, it cannot be estimated using different sources of information).
Other comments

The measurement of multidimensional Child Poverty is not about lack of income or wealth (of the parents). It is about their actual deprivation of the rights that constitute poverty. Not all rights violations constitute poverty – only those clearly associated with material deprivation. In other words, when discussing multidimensional Child Poverty, it is the deprivation of those rights that makes the child poor. Multidimensional Child Poverty is the direct observation (and measurement) of the material deprivations suffered by children. Multidimensional Child Poverty is NOT a proxy or a substitute or a marker of lack of income.

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