Title: Multidimensional poverty and the factors influencing the multidimensional poverty status of Bodos': a case study of Udalguri district, Bodoland

Authors: Shrabanti Maity; Jeroen Buysse

Addresses: Department of Economics, Assam University, Silchar 788011, Assam, India ' Faculteit of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to identify the multidimensional poverty situation and determination of the factors that influence the multidimensional poverty of Bodos in Udalguri district, Bodoland. We applied multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) on the household level primary data for 333 Bodo households for constructing household level multidimensional poverty index (MPI). The data was collected by multistage stratified random sampling covering twenty-two villages of eleven blocks. The MPI value for the study area predicts that the area is poor and health, literacy, employment opportunities and the monthly consumption expenditure of the family are the most important influencing factors.

Keywords: MPI; multidimensional poverty index; MCA; multiple correspondence analysis; Bodo households; Udalguri district; literacy; health.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2017.088820

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2017 Vol.8 No.4, pp.266 - 285

Received: 07 Mar 2017
Accepted: 01 Aug 2017
Published online: 19 Dec 2017 *

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