Patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty and welfare interventions: Towards evidence-based poverty-alleviation policies in Hong Kong

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q3 SOCIAL WORK
Chenhong Peng, Qingsong Chang, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Cheuk Yui Yeung, Paul S. F. Yip
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This study examines the patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty and related welfare interventions in Hong Kong. These patterns unveil which dimension or combinations of dimensions contribute the most to multidimensional poverty. These results are useful in informing poverty-alleviation policies as they help to identify who should be targeted and which welfare transfer programme(s) should be enhanced. Data were drawn from the first wave (2015) of the Hong Kong Panel Survey for Poverty Alleviation (N = 1458). A latent-class analysis revealed four types of multidimensional poverty: severely deprived, housing-led poor, socially and status excluded and neighbourhood poor. A multinomial logistic regression was conducted and identified distinctive determinants of the four types of poverty. The groups that require paramount attention from policymakers are older adults over age 70, households with members with disabilities or chronic diseases and households with five or more members. The assessment of the coverage and intensity of cash and in-kind transfers showed that the coverage of cash transfers for the severely deprived and housing transfers for the housing-led poor was inadequate. The approach proposed in this study exemplifies ways to transform multidimensional poverty research into evidence-based policymaking.

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多维贫困的模式和决定因素以及福利干预措施:香港的循证扶贫政策
本研究探讨了香港多维贫困的模式和决定因素,以及相关的福利干预措施。这些模式揭示了哪些维度或维度组合对多维贫困的影响最大。这些结果有助于为扶贫政策提供参考,因为它们有助于确定扶贫对象和应加强的福利转移计划。数据来自香港扶贫小组调查的第一波(2015 年)(N = 1458)。潜类分析显示了四种多维贫困类型:严重贫困、住房导致的贫困、社会和身份排斥以及邻里贫困。进行了多项式逻辑回归,确定了这四类贫困的独特决定因素。需要决策者高度重视的群体是 70 岁以上的老年人、有残疾或慢性病成员的家庭以及有五名或五名以上成员的家庭。对现金和实物转移支付的覆盖面和力度进行的评估表明,对严重贫困人口的现金转移支付和对有住房的贫困人口的住房转移支付覆盖面不足。本研究提出的方法体现了将多维贫困研究转化为循证决策的途径。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Social Welfare publishes original articles in English on social welfare and social work. Its interdisciplinary approach and comparative perspective promote examination of the most pressing social welfare issues of the day by researchers from the various branches of the applied social sciences. The journal seeks to disseminate knowledge and to encourage debate about these issues and their regional and global implications.
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