Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua
We identified clusters of multiple dimensions of poverty according to the capability approach theory by applying data mining approaches to the Cuatro Santos Health and Demographic Surveillance database, Nicaragua. Four municipalities in northern Nicaragua constitute the Cuatro Santos area, with 25,8...
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doaj-3eb7096d54f243f5ae21b8f9e904c5422020-11-25T01:44:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-01-01710.3389/fpubh.2019.00409502309Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, NicaraguaCarina Källestål0Elmer Zelaya Blandón1Elmer Zelaya Blandón2Rodolfo Peña3Rodolfo Peña4Wilton Peréz5Mariela Contreras6Lars-Åke Persson7Lars-Åke Persson8Oleg Sysoev9Katarina Ekholm Selling10Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenAsociación para el Desarrollo Económico y Sostenible de El Espino (APRODESE), Chinandega, NicaraguaNicaraguan Autonomous National University, León (UNAN-León), León, NicaraguaDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenPan American Health Organization, Tegucigalpa, HondurasDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United KingdomDepartment of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenWe identified clusters of multiple dimensions of poverty according to the capability approach theory by applying data mining approaches to the Cuatro Santos Health and Demographic Surveillance database, Nicaragua. Four municipalities in northern Nicaragua constitute the Cuatro Santos area, with 25,893 inhabitants in 5,966 households (2014). A local process analyzing poverty-related problems, prioritizing suggested actions, was initiated in 1997 and generated a community action plan 2002–2015. Interventions were school breakfasts, environmental protection, water and sanitation, preventive healthcare, home gardening, microcredit, technical training, university education stipends, and use of the Internet. In 2004, a survey of basic health and demographic information was performed in the whole population, followed by surveillance updates in 2007, 2009, and 2014 linking households and individuals. Information included the house material (floor, walls) and services (water, sanitation, electricity) as well as demographic data (birth, deaths, migration). Data on participation in interventions, food security, household assets, and women's self-rated health were collected in 2014. A K-means algorithm was used to cluster the household data (56 variables) in six clusters. The poverty ranking of household clusters using the unsatisfied basic needs index variables changed when including variables describing basic capabilities. The households in the fairly rich cluster with assets such as motorbikes and computers were described as modern. Those in the fairly poor cluster, having different degrees of food insecurity, were labeled vulnerable. Poor and poorest clusters of households were traditional, e.g., in using horses for transport. Results displayed a society transforming from traditional to modern, where the forerunners were not the richest but educated, had more working members in household, had fewer children, and were food secure. Those lagging were the poor, traditional, and food insecure. The approach may be useful for an improved understanding of poverty and to direct local policy and interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00409/fullmultidimensional povertycapability approachhealth and demographic surveillancedata miningK-means clusteringpoverty alleviation |
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Carina Källestål Elmer Zelaya Blandón Elmer Zelaya Blandón Rodolfo Peña Rodolfo Peña Wilton Peréz Mariela Contreras Lars-Åke Persson Lars-Åke Persson Oleg Sysoev Katarina Ekholm Selling Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua Frontiers in Public Health multidimensional poverty capability approach health and demographic surveillance data mining K-means clustering poverty alleviation |
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Carina Källestål Elmer Zelaya Blandón Elmer Zelaya Blandón Rodolfo Peña Rodolfo Peña Wilton Peréz Mariela Contreras Lars-Åke Persson Lars-Åke Persson Oleg Sysoev Katarina Ekholm Selling |
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Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua |
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Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua |
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Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua |
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Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua |
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Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004–14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua |
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assessing the multiple dimensions of poverty. data mining approaches to the 2004–14 health and demographic surveillance system in cuatro santos, nicaragua |
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We identified clusters of multiple dimensions of poverty according to the capability approach theory by applying data mining approaches to the Cuatro Santos Health and Demographic Surveillance database, Nicaragua. Four municipalities in northern Nicaragua constitute the Cuatro Santos area, with 25,893 inhabitants in 5,966 households (2014). A local process analyzing poverty-related problems, prioritizing suggested actions, was initiated in 1997 and generated a community action plan 2002–2015. Interventions were school breakfasts, environmental protection, water and sanitation, preventive healthcare, home gardening, microcredit, technical training, university education stipends, and use of the Internet. In 2004, a survey of basic health and demographic information was performed in the whole population, followed by surveillance updates in 2007, 2009, and 2014 linking households and individuals. Information included the house material (floor, walls) and services (water, sanitation, electricity) as well as demographic data (birth, deaths, migration). Data on participation in interventions, food security, household assets, and women's self-rated health were collected in 2014. A K-means algorithm was used to cluster the household data (56 variables) in six clusters. The poverty ranking of household clusters using the unsatisfied basic needs index variables changed when including variables describing basic capabilities. The households in the fairly rich cluster with assets such as motorbikes and computers were described as modern. Those in the fairly poor cluster, having different degrees of food insecurity, were labeled vulnerable. Poor and poorest clusters of households were traditional, e.g., in using horses for transport. Results displayed a society transforming from traditional to modern, where the forerunners were not the richest but educated, had more working members in household, had fewer children, and were food secure. Those lagging were the poor, traditional, and food insecure. The approach may be useful for an improved understanding of poverty and to direct local policy and interventions. |
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multidimensional poverty capability approach health and demographic surveillance data mining K-means clustering poverty alleviation |
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