Health and Poverty: Exploring Health-Relevant Poverty Line and Rate

Takashi Oshio

Economic Review, 2022, vol. 73, issue 3, 210-224

Abstract: I explored health-relevant poverty line and rate to understand poverty in terms of population health, using data obtained from nationwide population surveys conducted in Japan. First, I searched for a poverty line that maximized the proportion-weighted relative underperformance in health, for individuals living below the poverty line. Second, I searched for a poverty line that maximized the likelihood of the logistic regression model, to explain poverty in terms of health. The results reveal that the health-relevant poverty line should be drawn at a level higher than the conventional 50% or 60% level. Therefore, conventionally defined poverty rate may underestimate poverty, in terms of population health.

JEL-codes: I14 I18 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.15057/74218

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