A gender-based analysis of multidimensional poverty in China. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Yichao; Qi, Di
• Is Part Of: Asian journal of women's studies. Volume 23:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 66
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Multidimensional poverty -- gender differences -- regional disparity; 多维贫困 -- 性别差异 -- 区域差别; Feminism -- Asia -- Periodicals; Women -- Asia -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 305.4209505
• DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2017.1279886
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1225-9276

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the multidimensional status of poverty in China using a gender framework. Five dimensions of deprivation were selected—health, nutrition, housing, education and income—in order to measure the severity of Chinese women's poverty. Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) were a source of rich information on individuals' material wellbeing for this analysis. There are three main findings in this study: women are significantly more vulnerable to suffer from severe deprivation than men in China, especially with respect to the primary education, body mass index (BMI) and health conditions; in terms of multidimensional poverty status, women have a worse performance than men on average, with huge differences between rural and urban regions and among different provinces; many personal and household characteristics significantly shape women's poverty experiences, as seen via the fixed effect logistic regression model.