Household trajectories in rural Ethiopia: What can a mixed method approach tell us about the impact of poverty on children?

Camfield, Laura and Roelen, Keetie (2013) Household trajectories in rural Ethiopia: What can a mixed method approach tell us about the impact of poverty on children? Social Indicators Research, 113 (2). pp. 729-749. ISSN 1573-0921

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Abstract

The paper explores the dynamics of child and household poverty in rural Ethiopia using three rounds of household survey and qualitative data collected by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of child poverty. It uses a mixed-method taxonomy of poverty to classify children and their households into four groups, analyse their movements in and out of poverty, and explore the underlying factors. The final section of the paper uses qualitative case studies to explore child welfare dynamics in more detail, looking at the interplay between the progress or decline of households and that of children within those households. It concludes that while the percentage of poor households within this sample reduced from 50 to 20 % between rounds 1 and 3 (2002–2009), these changes were not always beneficial to children and did not reach nearly 1 in 10 households classified as ultra-poor. A deepened understanding of those changes, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, is deemed crucial in post-2015 millennium development goal discussions.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ethiopia,children,mixed methods,longitudinal,case studies,poverty dynamics
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Julie Frith
Date Deposited:	12 Dec 2012 11:17
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 02:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40548
DOI:	10.1007/s11205-013-0298-7

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