Multidimensional Poverty Among Adolescents in 38 Countries: Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2013/14 Study

Yekaterina Chzhen (), Zlata Bruckauf, Emilia Toczydlowska, Frank J. Elgar, Concepcion Moreno-Maldonado, Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens, Dagmar Sigmundová and Geneviève Gariépy
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Yekaterina Chzhen: UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti
Zlata Bruckauf: UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti
Emilia Toczydlowska: UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti
Frank J. Elgar: McGill University
Concepcion Moreno-Maldonado: University of Seville
Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens: Utrecht University
Dagmar Sigmundová: Palacký University Olomouc
Geneviève Gariépy: McGill University

Child Indicators Research, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, No 3, 729-753

Abstract: Abstract This study applied UNICEF’s Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) framework to adolescents (aged 11, 13 and 15) in 37 European countries and Canada using data from the 2013/14 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. It is one of the first applications of MODA based entirely on data collected from adolescents themselves rather than from household reference persons on their behalf. Unlike most other multidimensional child poverty studies, the present analysis focuses on non-material, relational aspects of child poverty. Substantial cross-country variation was found in the prevalence of adolescent deprivations in nutrition, perceived health, school environment, protection from peer violence, family environment and information access. These single dimensions of poverty did not closely relate to national wealth and income inequality. However, when we looked at deprivation in three or more dimensions (i.e., multidimensional poverty), we found association with income inequality. In most countries, girls were at a higher risk of multidimensional poverty than boys. In addition, adolescents who lived with both parents in the household or reported higher family wealth were consistently less poor than other adolescents, in both single and multiple dimensions. The results of this study show the interconnectedness of social (family, school support) and psychological (health and violence) dimensions of poverty for adolescents in higher income countries. Children poor in the domains of family and school environment are also likely to be poor in terms of perceived health and protection from peer violence.

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty; Adolescent well-being; Health behaviour in school-aged children study; Sustainable development goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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