The Importance of Choice and Definition for the Measurement of Child Poverty: Vietnam

by Keetie Roelen & Franziska Gassmann & Chris de Neubourg Increased attention to childrens’ special position within poverty measurement resulted in the development of various child poverty approaches in the last decade. Analysis shows that their development processes involve a similar set of
steps and decisions, predominantly taken in the same sequence. However, it also becomes apparent that many of these decisions are made implicitly rather than explicitly, resulting in unclear and non-transparent underlying constructs. Conse-
quently, child poverty approaches often lack a solid and robust foundation and are misinterpreted and misunderstood when used for analytical and policy purposes. This paper distills a generic construction process from the analysis of existing child
poverty approaches, presenting a tool for clear and transparent development of such approaches. It is then applied to the case of Vietnam, using household survey data, to illustrate its practical use and develop a Vietnam-specific child poverty approach.
Findings suggest that 37% of all children are poor, whilst observing a large rural- urban divide but no significant differences between boys and girls.

 

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