Tag Archives: households

You May Still End Up Alone: Case Study of Older Adults in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia

July 7, 2015 · by · in Ageing, Families and relationships, Health · Leave a comment

Chia Liu explores the living arrangements of the older population of Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia, using the latest Integrated Public Use Microdata Series International (IPUMS-I). Globally, women are more likely to live alone in old age compared to men (United Nations, 2005). This is due to women marrying older men, which is then exacerbated by […]

Exploring the limits of household surveys in Africa

January 6, 2015 · by · in Data, Population and development, Research spotlight · Leave a comment

In this post, LSE’s Ernestina Coast and UCL’s Sara Randall outline the importance of accuracy of data taken in international surveys to ensure poverty-related data are high quality. Poverty statistics often depend on household-level measurements from survey data, making the definition of household of critical importance. Many policy-makers, government agencies and researchers see poverty as […]