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C hild Deprivation Indicators(CDI): Application in China’s Context. WANG Tingyan , Tiffany WONG Yucheung The University of Hong Kong XU Yuebin Beijing Normal University 10 th July 2012. Outline of Presentation . Deprivation concept and background Project Results Conclusions
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Child Deprivation Indicators(CDI): Application in China’s Context WANG Tingyan, Tiffany WONG Yucheung The University of Hong Kong XU Yuebin Beijing Normal University 10thJuly 2012
Outline of Presentation • Deprivation concept and background • Project • Results • Conclusions • Future work plans
Deprivation concept and background • Deprivation Indicators: relative poverty measure • Deprivation may be defined as a state of observable and demonstrable disadvantage relative to the local community or the wider society or nation to which an individual, family or group belongs. (Townsend, 1987) • Non-monetary: not money, but goods and activities • Direct: actual living standard • Multidimensional • Widely adopted among European Countries • Not yet employed in China
Deprivation concept and background • Socially perceived necessities (Mack& Lansley, 1980s): population decide, not researcher • Enforcedlack(Mack& Lansley, 1980s): two-question survey format • 1. do you have…? • 2. if no, is it because economic constrain?
Project • Family and child survey of Bejing in 2011 • Child Deprivation Indicators: school age children • Sample: 600 households with 1 or more children • Response rate: 93%(558)
Results • 34 items maintained • 6 dimensions: diet(2), clothing(4), housing(10), household facilities(4), education(8), social interaction(6) • Supporting rates: ranged from 67.7 %(inviting friend home at least once every month) to 98.4%(good condition of ventilation)
Results : deprivation rate(Beijing) • Threshold: >=3 • Deprivation rate: 18.5%
Results : Deprivation and Dibao • Dibao: Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Scheme • Social Assistant scheme of China • Criticized by low assistance level • Low coverage: ~3 per cent • Percentage in sample: 12.2%(68)
Conclusion • Deprivation and Dibao: significantly linked but not perfectly overlapped • Use these two measures cooperatively in practice
Future work plans • Weighting issue: weighted deprivation score, to indicate different deprivation severities and to facilitate comparison. • Association of deprivation and income