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Transcending Multidimensional Poverty Classes in Urban Developing Municipalities

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  • Adrino Mazenda
  • Catherine Althaus
  • Massimiliano Tani

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The study draws on the multidimensional poverty index to characterize the poverty status of households in the Gauteng City Region, South Africa. In particular, it applies multinomial logit regression and mediation analysis to determine the factors influencing the transition of poor and vulnerable households into the multidimensionally nonpoor category. Data was obtained from the 2020/2021 Quality of Life Survey on 13,616 households in seven Gauteng municipalities. Six factors, namely, working hours, medical aid, education, age, indigence, and income, were significant in transcending the multidimensional poverty classes. Other important factors were transport expenditure, public transport proximity, access to medical aid, food support, household size, skipping a meal, and gender. Being a recipient of social grants and population group had small but significant indirect mediator effects on transcending the multidimensional poverty classes. Sustainable social support systems, improved access to healthcare, employment opportunities and affordability, and proximity to the transport system will help poor households transcend multidimensional poverty classes. 本研究利用多维贫困指数来描述南非豪登省城市地区的家庭贫困状况。具体而言, 本研究应用多项logit回归和中介分析来确定一系列影响贫困脆弱家庭向多维非贫困类别转变的因素。数据来自2020年和2021年的生活质量调查, 调查对象涵盖豪登省七个城市的13616户家庭。工作时间、医疗救助、教育、年龄、贫困程度和收入六个因素对“跨越多维贫困阶层”一事具有显著影响。其他重要因素包括:交通支出、公共交通临近度、医疗救助可及性、食物支持、家庭规模、少吃一餐、性别。社会补助的领取者和人口群体对“跨越多维贫困阶层”一事具有虽小但显著的间接中介效应。可持续的社会支持系统、改善的医疗保健可及性、就业机会和负担能力、以及交通系统的临近度, 将有助于贫困家庭跨越多维贫困阶层。。 El estudio se basa en el índice de pobreza multidimensional para caracterizar la situación de pobreza de los hogares en la región de la ciudad de Gauteng, Sudáfrica. En particular, aplica regresión logit multinomial y análisis de mediación para determinar los factores que influyen en la transición de los hogares pobres y vulnerables a la categoría de no pobres multidimensionales. Los datos se obtuvieron de la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida 2020/21 sobre 13 616 hogares en siete municipios de Gauteng. Seis factores, a saber, las horas de trabajo, la asistencia médica, la educación, la edad, la indigencia y los ingresos, fueron significativos para trascender las clases de pobreza multidimensional. Otros factores importantes fueron el gasto en transporte, la proximidad del transporte público, el acceso a la asistencia médica, el apoyo alimentario, el tamaño del hogar, saltarse una comida y el género. Ser receptor de subvenciones sociales y pertenecer a un grupo de población tuvo efectos mediadores indirectos pequeños pero significativos para trascender las clases de pobreza multidimensional. Los sistemas de apoyo social sostenibles, la mejora del acceso a la atención médica, las oportunidades de empleo y la asequibilidad, y la proximidad al sistema de transporte ayudarán a los hogares pobres a trascender las clases de pobreza multidimensional.

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  • Adrino Mazenda & Catherine Althaus & Massimiliano Tani, 2025. "Transcending Multidimensional Poverty Classes in Urban Developing Municipalities," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(2), June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:povpop:v:17:y:2025:i:2:n:e70011
    DOI: 10.1002/pop4.70011
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