What Colombian Homes Are Poor? An Approach from the ECV of the 2003

Abstract

This paper analyzed the concepts and measures of poverty. From this perspective, this document studied who are poor in Colombia? and what characteristic determine this condition in these individuals? for period 2003. From the Quality of Living Survey, it was estimated a logit analysis to identify and measure the incidence of some household factors in the probability that these are found like poor one. These estimations showed that have more likelihood to being a poor when head of households were illiterates, women, those that have activities in agricultural workings or those that are part of the ethnic groups. In addition, it found that households with children less than twelve years old had 2.3% more of likelihood of being poor. Finally, the results showed that the households whose head of household have greater educative level, would have minor probability of being poor, being greater the educative effect of the partner.