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Measuring Poverty for children in a multidimension way in
México
Gonzalo Hernández Licona
Mayo, 2012
Why do we have a new method?
• It is a mandate of the Social Development Law
• The Law stablishes the main characteristics poverty measurement should comply:
– It should be defined both in the space of social rights and economic wellbeing.
– To make visible the link between social programs & the measurement of poverty, for public policy purposes.
Measuring poverty by mandate of the Law
Social Developme
nt Law
Dimensions for poverty
measurement
•Current income per capita
• Educational gap
• Access to health services
• Access to social security
• Quality of living spaces
• Housing access to basic services
• Access to food
• Degree of social cohesion
PeriodicityStates
(2 years)Municipalities
(5 years)
Social RightsDeprivations
Main features(simple to understand)
EWL
WithoutDeprivations
035 24 16
Poor
Vulnerable people by
social deprivation
s
Vulnerable people by
income
Not poor and not
vulnerable
Moderate
poor
Social RightsDeprivations
EWL
Extreme poor
03
Vulnerable people by
social deprivation
s
Vulnerable people by
income
5 24 16
Not poor and not
vulnerable
MWL Public policy
Poverty identification
Social RightsDeprivations
LBE
03
Vulnerable people by social deprivation 32.3 million
28.7%1.9 deprivations on average
Vulnerable people by
income6.5 million
5.8%
5 24 16
Not poor and not vulnerable
21.8 million19.3%
LBM
Wellb
ein
gIn
com
eTotal population 2010 (112.6 millions)
Urban = $2,114 Rural = $1,329
Source: estimates by CONEVAL based on MCS-ENIGH 2010.
Extreme poor
10.4% (11.7 million)3.7 deprivation on
average
35.8% (40.3 million)
2.1 deprivations on average
Moderate poorUrban = $978 Rural = $684
46.2 % 52.0 millions 2.5 deprivations on average
Poverty
Percentage of people in poverty by muncipality. México, 2010
Fuente: estimaciones del CONEVAL con base en el MCS-ENIGH 2010 y la muestra del Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010.
Rangos
[ 0 - 30 ] [ 30 - 50 ] [ 50 - 70 ] [ 70 - 100 ]
Total de municipios
97 347 790 1222
ColaborationUNICEF-CONEVAL
Objetive
Work together on evaluation and
poverty measurement, especially
regarding the situation of children
in Mexico.
The situation of children within the global economic crisis: the case of Mexico
• Analyse some of the changes faced by housholeds with children during the global economic crisis of 2009 in Mexico.
• Produce timely information about the situation of children during one of the most important economic crisis for many decades.
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0
Nacional Ninas, niños y adolescentes
Adultos Adultos mayores
10.4 12.8 9.0 10.1
35.841.0
32.635.6
28.722.5
32.131.4
5.8 7.25.0
5.5
19.3 16.5 21.3 17.3
Población en situación de pobreza extrema Población en situación de pobreza moderada
Población vulnerable por carencias sociales Población vulnerable por ingresos
Población no pobre y no vulnerable
53.846.2 41.6 45.7
Fuente: estimaciones del CONEVAL con base en el MCS-ENIGH 2010
Poverty and children’s social rights between 2008 and 2010 in Mexico.
-10.0
-8.0
-6.0
-4.0
-2.0
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
-9.0
-2.9-2.5 -2.3
-0.8
4.1 4.8
3.53.2
0.0
Access to health services
Access to food
POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY
200811.7 millions
201011.7 millions
Social Deprivation
s
200848.8 millions
201052.0 millions
Changes in poverty in Mexico, 2008-2010
Access to social security
Access to basic services in dwelling
Quality and spaces in dwelling
Educational gap
Millions of peoplePeople withlow income
People with very
low income
-5.0
-4.0
-3.0
-2.0
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
-4.6-4.3
-1.5-1.3
-0.3
1.4
0.91.2
-0.1 -0.2
People withlow income
Access to food
Quality and spaces in dwelling
Access to social security
Access to health services
Educational gap
POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY
People with very
low income
20085.3 millions
20105.1 millions
Social Deprivation
s
200821.5 millions
201021.4 millions
Access to basic services in dwelling
Millions of people
Changes in children poverty in Mexico, 2008-2010
• Children have higher levels of poverty than the rest of the population in Mexico.
• Between 2008 y 2010 poverty grew en Mexico, but neither poverty nor extreme poverty increased for children.
• Despite the reduction of income and food security, there was an increase of basic services for households with children between 2008 and 2010 (health services, social security, education). Multidimensional poverty thus did not change during this period for children.
II. Poverty and children’s social rights between 2008 and 2010 in Mexico.
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Gonzalo Hernández Licona