@inbook{cd55752b03064ff48d8526aa51fb6a36,
title = "A Closing Window of Opportunity - When Does Multidimensional Poverty Become Chronic? A Longitudinal Study of Australians",
abstract = "Those in chronic poverty are defined as having a low chance of improving their situation. However, there is currently no consensus on what the critical time period for being labelled as {\textquoteleft}chronically poor{\textquoteright} is for multidimensional poverty. Longitudinal analysis of Waves 1–12 (2001–2012) of the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia dataset was undertaken to determine the length of time an individual had to be in multidimensional poverty between Waves 1 (2001) and 11 (2011) for to have a significantly higher chance of still being in poverty in Wave 12 (2012). Multidimensional poverty was defined as having low income and poor health status (measured by the SF-36 Physical and Mental Component Summary Scores), or low income and an insufficient level of education attainment. This study has demonstrated that being in poverty for four consecutive years is the threshold for being chronically poor; being in poverty for four or more consecutive years significantly increases an individual{\textquoteright}s chance of remaining in poverty.",
keywords = "Multidimensional poverty, Chronic poverty, SF-36, Longitudinal analysis",
author = "Callander, {Emily Joy} and Schofield, {Deborah J.}",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319554075",
series = "Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "115--128",
editor = "Patsy Kraeger and Scott Cloutier and Craig Talmage",
booktitle = "New Dimensions in Community Well-Being",
}