Spatial Change in the Concentration of Multidimensional Poverty in Gauteng, South Africa: Evidence from Quality of Life Survey Data

Samy Katumba (), Koech Cheruiyot () and Darlington Mushongera ()
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Samy Katumba: A Partnership Between the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng Provincial Government and Organized Local Government
Koech Cheruiyot: A Partnership Between the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng Provincial Government and Organized Local Government
Darlington Mushongera: A Partnership Between the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng Provincial Government and Organized Local Government

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, vol. 145, issue 1, No 5, 95-115

Abstract: Abstract The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) is generally credited for better capturing the various components of poverty. Where such indexes have a spatial component, opportunity arises for analyzing changes in the spatial concentration of multidimensional poverty over given periods across space. Using current available MPI data for Gauteng province, South Africa, we apply spatial statistical analysis techniques to measure the degree of spatial concentration, spread and orientation of poverty across the various wards. Results reveal distinct variations in concentration, spatial spread and orientation of poverty across the province. These results open up possibilities of spatially targeted state interventions for reducing poverty.

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty index; Quality of Life; Gauteng; Standard deviational ellipse; Spatial autocorrelation; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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