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Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China

BACKGROUND: China has eliminated absolute poverty; however, relative poverty still exists. Specifically, the characteristic group of rural women is affected by traditional gender concepts and behavioral norms, and rural women are often relatively deprived of economics, rights, abilities, and informa...

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Autor principal: Peng, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024760
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description BACKGROUND: China has eliminated absolute poverty; however, relative poverty still exists. Specifically, the characteristic group of rural women is affected by traditional gender concepts and behavioral norms, and rural women are often relatively deprived of economics, rights, abilities, and information. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, studying their relative poverty is crucial for realizing the overall development of China and the shared prosperity of farmers. METHODS: This study utilizes the multidimensional poverty theory to construct an analytical framework for the multidimensional relative poverty of rural households using the Alkire-Foster multidimensional measurement method and the tracking survey data of the “China Family Tracking Survey” from 2010 to 2016. From the “individual perspective,” the six dimensions of economy, health, humanities, spiritual life, social relations, and rights are used to measure and compare the relative poverty of women and men in rural households in China. RESULTS: The results showed that the relative poverty of women in rural households is extensive and broader, especially in the economic, humanities, and rights dimensions, and is much higher than that of men. Education level, physical health, ideology, and family status are the primary factors affecting the multidimensional relative poverty of women. CONCLUSION: This study finds that the relative poverty of rural women exists within the family and it is multi-dimensional. This finding provides a reference for promoting well-rounded human development and achieving common prosperity for everyone.
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spelling pubmed-96079492022-10-28 Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China Peng, Yan Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: China has eliminated absolute poverty; however, relative poverty still exists. Specifically, the characteristic group of rural women is affected by traditional gender concepts and behavioral norms, and rural women are often relatively deprived of economics, rights, abilities, and information. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, studying their relative poverty is crucial for realizing the overall development of China and the shared prosperity of farmers. METHODS: This study utilizes the multidimensional poverty theory to construct an analytical framework for the multidimensional relative poverty of rural households using the Alkire-Foster multidimensional measurement method and the tracking survey data of the “China Family Tracking Survey” from 2010 to 2016. From the “individual perspective,” the six dimensions of economy, health, humanities, spiritual life, social relations, and rights are used to measure and compare the relative poverty of women and men in rural households in China. RESULTS: The results showed that the relative poverty of women in rural households is extensive and broader, especially in the economic, humanities, and rights dimensions, and is much higher than that of men. Education level, physical health, ideology, and family status are the primary factors affecting the multidimensional relative poverty of women. CONCLUSION: This study finds that the relative poverty of rural women exists within the family and it is multi-dimensional. This finding provides a reference for promoting well-rounded human development and achieving common prosperity for everyone. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9607949/ /pubmed/36312170 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024760 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China
title_full Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China
title_fullStr Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China
title_full_unstemmed Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China
title_short Multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: Measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in China
title_sort multidimensional relative poverty of rural women: measurement, dynamics, and influencing factors in china
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024760
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