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Investigating multiple domains of household livelihood security: Insights from urban slums in Bangladesh

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In this paper, we construct indices of Household Livelihood Security (HLS) domains, namely, economic, food, health, and education securities and empowerment with data from 1120 poor households in two urban settlements of Bangladesh. We then jointly identify domain-specific socio-economic determinants employing a multivariate Tobit model. A quintile analysis of domains shows high levels of inequalities amongst these poor households. The HLS domains are significantly positively correlated and a host of factors significantly influence individual HLS domain. Interventions targeted at improving education, provision of business training and building of land asset are suggested to improve livelihood security.
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10.1080/10875549.2016.1186775

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
International Development
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Publisher:
Taylor and Francis (Routledge)
Journal:
Journal of Poverty More from this journal
Volume:
21
Issue:
4
Pages:
289-309
Publication date:
2016-06-15
Acceptance date:
2016-02-21
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EISSN:
1540-7608
ISSN:
1087-5549


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2016-02-23
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