Alternative Poverty Lines for <scp>M</scp>alaysia

Mok, Thaiyoong Penny; Maclean, Gillis A. C.; Dalziel, Paul C.

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“…There is a high incidence of poverty in rural and urban Sabah as well as in rural Sarawak. Various method for measurement were used, with almost similar findings 9 . In most underdeveloped nations the prevalence of diarrhoea was found to be higher among rural children than among urban children.…”

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Factors of Acute Diarrhoea among Children of Under Five Years Old in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case- Control Study

2020

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Acute diarrhoea is a major public health problem and is the second leading cause of death in children. It has implications in terms of morbidity and mortality especially in the under five years old age group. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with acute diarrhoea among children under 5 years old in Sabah. This was a case-control study involving 584 samples in four districts in Sabah. Analysis with multiple logistic regression discovered the associated factors of acute diarrhoea among under 5 years old were child's age, single parents aOR5.209 (95%CI 1.09-25.01), Peribumi Sabah mother aOR1.542 (95%CI 1.01-2.34), unemployed mother aOR1.783 (95%CI 1.16-2.75), less than RM2,000 monthly household income aOR1.643 (95%CI 1.08-2.49), no garbage collection aOR1.923 (95%CI 1.24-2.98), adjacent open garbage aOR1.888 (95%CI 1.23-2.91), average rainfall of 151mm or more aOR1.768 (95%CI 1.22-2.56) and less than 1 year of breastfeeding aOR1.685 (95%CI 1.11-2.55). The study has revealed the need to improve the overall level of hygiene and sanitation in the population.

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Factors of Acute Diarrhoea among Children of Under Five Years Old in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case- Control Study

2020

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“…Hasan [19] estimates the equivalence of scale using the same Bangladesh survey data as we use, but the paper follows Engel's approach. Mok et al [20] propose alternative poverty lines for Malaysia based on the estimated result of economies of scale. However, their estimation is based on food and non-food distinction, which is different from ours.…”

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Estimation of Equivalence Scale and Assessment of Its Impact on Poverty Measurement in Bangladesh

2020

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Anti-poverty policies for sustainable development require efficient targeting, for which appropriate poverty lines play a crucial role. In Bangladesh, official poverty lines are estimated with the implicit assumption that there are no economies of scale in household consumption with respect to household size or composition, which raises the question of the accuracy and reliability of the measurement of poverty line. We test the existence of economies of scale, estimate their size, and assess the impact of applying equivalence scale to poverty measurement, using the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey data of Bangladesh. The results confirm the existence of economies of scale in household consumption. Following the model developed by Kakwani and Son, the overall index of economies of scale in household consumption is estimated around 0.85. Modified poverty lines show that under official poverty lines, the probability of being poor is high with respect to household size. The result implies that the poverty head-count ratio(HCR) for households with large number of members might be overestimated in Bangladesh, and that there may be an incentive for low income families to enlarge family size to avail of anti-poverty public transfers.

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Is Inequality Really Declining in Malaysia?

Lee

Khalid

2018

Journal of Contemporary Asia

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Alternative Poverty Lines for Malaysia

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Factors of Acute Diarrhoea among Children of Under Five Years Old in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case- Control Study

Factors of Acute Diarrhoea among Children of Under Five Years Old in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case- Control Study

Estimation of Equivalence Scale and Assessment of Its Impact on Poverty Measurement in Bangladesh

Is Inequality Really Declining in Malaysia?

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