Factors Affecting Poverty in Female-headed Households with an Emphasis on Health Indicators

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. student of Health Economics, Department of Economic Development and Planning, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran,

2 Associate Professor, Department of Economic Development and Planning, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, (Corresponding Author),

3 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Research, Economics Research Institute, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

4 Assistant professor, Department of Iranian Economy and Development Research, Economics Research Institute, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

10.22084/aes.2024.28522.3652

Abstract

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Poverty is a clear deprivation of well-being and comfort. Achieving gender equality is considered one of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and women play a very important role both as a workforce and as the primary source of nurturing and maintaining the health of children and families. Research has shown that the factors influencing poverty in women are different from those affecting men, yet health indicators have not received much attention. The aim of this study is to identify the variables affecting poverty in female-headed households, with a focus on health indicators. The research period spans from 2011 to 2021, and data on 92 factors influencing women's poverty, including health factors, political factors, individual factors, socio-cultural factors, economic factors, and other factors, were examined using Bayesian nonlinear models. The BMA model demonstrated the highest accuracy based on error rates. After estimating the model, 17 variables were identified as influential factors, including personal expenditure, healthcare costs, DALYs index, health poverty index, health equity, housing rent or mortgage, deprived provinces, border provinces, divorce as a single parent, human capital, corruption, sanctions, unemployment rate, economic growth rate, inflation, and urbanization ratio. Considering that economic growth (negative impact) and inflation (positive impact) have the highest influence on women's poverty, supply-side policies such as improving the business environment and enhancing employment market conditions can have the greatest impact on reducing women's poverty. Given the significant impact of health factors on poverty in female-headed households, initiatives aimed at improving physical and mental health conditions (corresponding to the health committee) should be prioritized; policies such as electronic mental health certificates and family social vulnerabilities should be developed; creating health records for monitoring physical and mental health status; and self-care training programs for women in female-headed households should be included in the agenda.

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