A composite index to explain variations in poverty, health, nutritional status and standard of living: Use of multivariate statistical methods

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 578-587

  Antony, G M ^a   Visweswara Rao, K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Human Development Index (HDI); Human Poverty Index (HPI); Index of standard of living; Multivariate statistical methods

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INDEX METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250896757     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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