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One Size Fits All? The Validity of a Composite Poverty Index Across Urban and Rural Households in South Africa

Composite indices have been prominently used in poverty research. However, validity of these indices remains subject to debate. This paper examines the validity of a common type of composite poverty indices using data from a cross-sectional survey of 2477 households in urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal,...

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Autores principales: Steinert, Janina Isabel, Cluver, Lucie Dale, Melendez-Torres, G. J., Vollmer, Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1540-x