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

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  • Oshio, Takashi

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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.

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  • Oshio, Takashi, 2022. "Health and Poverty: Exploring Health-Relevant Poverty Line and Rate," Economic Review, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 73(3), pages 210-224, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:ecorev:v:73:y:2022:i:3:p:210-224
    DOI: 10.15057/74218
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    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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