The Power of Multidimensional Poverty in Explaining Life Expectancy: Empirical Evidence from Cross-Sectional Data of 62 Developing Countries

• Main Authors: Khaled TAFRAN (Author), Makmor TUMIN (Author), Ahmad Farid OSMAN (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: We examined whether multidimensional poverty index (MPI) explained variations in life expectancy (LE) better than income poverty; and assessed the relative importance of MPI indicators in influencing LE. Methods: Cross-sectional data from 62 developing countries were used to run several...