Poverty in Kedah: Who is Happier?

The objective of this study is to identify the level of poor household's happiness in rural and urban area based on gender in Kedah. This study involved 12 districts and 400 poor household heads. Poor household was identified by Poverty Line Income (PLI), which is RM840 for urban and RM790 for...

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Main Authors: Che Mohd Nor, Nur Zaidah, Che Mat, Siti Hadijah, Hussin, Fauzi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25049/1/ecofi%202016%2069-74_1.PDF
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author Che Mohd Nor, Nur Zaidah
Che Mat, Siti Hadijah
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description The objective of this study is to identify the level of poor household's happiness in rural and urban area based on gender in Kedah. This study involved 12 districts and 400 poor household heads. Poor household was identified by Poverty Line Income (PLI), which is RM840 for urban and RM790 for rural. This study analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) using logit regression analysis (logistic regression), based on seven dimensions and 26 indicators that have been set. For urban, the findings show that women are more happy than men. While for rural, the study showed men are happier than women. Indirectly, this study could provide a comprehensive picture to reduce poverty by gender in Kedah. Besides that, this study also not only focuses on the aspects of material, but also emphasis more on subjective aspect, such as happiness.
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spelling uum-250492018-12-11T02:37:23Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25049/ Poverty in Kedah: Who is Happier? Che Mohd Nor, Nur Zaidah Che Mat, Siti Hadijah Hussin, Fauzi HB Economic Theory The objective of this study is to identify the level of poor household's happiness in rural and urban area based on gender in Kedah. This study involved 12 districts and 400 poor household heads. Poor household was identified by Poverty Line Income (PLI), which is RM840 for urban and RM790 for rural. This study analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) using logit regression analysis (logistic regression), based on seven dimensions and 26 indicators that have been set. For urban, the findings show that women are more happy than men. While for rural, the study showed men are happier than women. Indirectly, this study could provide a comprehensive picture to reduce poverty by gender in Kedah. Besides that, this study also not only focuses on the aspects of material, but also emphasis more on subjective aspect, such as happiness. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25049/1/ecofi%202016%2069-74_1.PDF Che Mohd Nor, Nur Zaidah and Che Mat, Siti Hadijah and Hussin, Fauzi (2016) Poverty in Kedah: Who is Happier? In: 3rd Annual ECoFI Symposium 2016, 18-19 Dicember 2016, Universiti Utara Malaysia,Kedah.
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title_short Poverty in Kedah: Who is Happier?
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