Spatial Analysis of the Relationship Between a Life Quality Index, HDI and Poverty in the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Pablo Celemín () and Guillermo Ángel Velázquez ()
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Juan Pablo Celemín: National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET/IGEHCS
Guillermo Ángel Velázquez: National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET/IGEHCS

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2018, vol. 140, issue 1, No 3, 57-77

Abstract: Abstract The study of Quality of Life, Poverty and Human Development shares several elements. Nonetheless, while poverty is a measure of “lack” based on a set of basic need variables (unsatisfied basic needs—UBN), human development index (HDI) is derived from the notion of human capabilities. Quality of Life, however, is a measure of achievement. Our goal is to analyze the degree of spatial correspondence between a life quality index (LQI) and the other indices by using bivariate spatial autocorrelation with its global and local values. The comparison of these three indicators at a municipal level in the province of Buenos Aires and in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (the Federal Capital of Argentina) reveals a medium spatial correspondence which leaves room for discussion about the scope and limitations of the indicators. HDI and UBN have a similar spatial configuration while the LQI yields a more fragmented distribution associated to the complexity of its variables, dimension and weights.

Keywords: Life quality index; Unsatisfied basic needs; Human development index; Spatial analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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