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Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing)
This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries with profound economic an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33946837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094747 |
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author | Bedriñana, Karen G. Añaños Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez Añaños, Fanny T. |
author_facet | Bedriñana, Karen G. Añaños Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez Añaños, Fanny T. |
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description | This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries with profound economic and social inequalities. The indicator was constructed using a set of variables associated with SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Applying Pena’s DP(2) distance method to the most recent data available (2018) enables regional ordering of Asia’s LDCs based on the values of these variables. The index integrates socioeconomic variables that permit examination of the impact of each individual indicator to determine territorial disparities in terms of the partial indicators of SDG3. “Maternal education,” “Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care,” and “Gender parity index in primary education” are the most important variables in explaining spatial disparities in good health and wellbeing in the LDCs of Asia. |
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spelling | pubmed-81256692021-05-17 Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) Bedriñana, Karen G. Añaños Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez Añaños, Fanny T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries with profound economic and social inequalities. The indicator was constructed using a set of variables associated with SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Applying Pena’s DP(2) distance method to the most recent data available (2018) enables regional ordering of Asia’s LDCs based on the values of these variables. The index integrates socioeconomic variables that permit examination of the impact of each individual indicator to determine territorial disparities in terms of the partial indicators of SDG3. “Maternal education,” “Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care,” and “Gender parity index in primary education” are the most important variables in explaining spatial disparities in good health and wellbeing in the LDCs of Asia. MDPI 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8125669/ /pubmed/33946837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094747 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bedriñana, Karen G. Añaños Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez Añaños, Fanny T. Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title | Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title_full | Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title_fullStr | Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title_short | Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) |
title_sort | human rights in the least developed countries of asia: an index for quantifying sustainable development goal 3 (good health and wellbeing) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33946837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094747 |
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