Author(s)

Zhenyu Zhang, Minghua Tian, Jianjun Li, Yu Yang, Fang Wang, Yichao Wei

Corresponding Author

Zhenyu Zhang

ABSTRACT

In the current research on poverty indicators, most of them endow equal weights in all dimensionalities or slightly improve on the basis of equal weights. To improve the scientific calculation of weights, this paper analyzes the weights of multidimensional poverty indicators in the DEMATEL model. Through the combination of living poverty and development poverty, the five dimensionalities of income, expenditure, education and social security, population quality and development environment are unified, and the weight of multidimensional poverty indicators is calculated based on a survey on relevant expert. Simultaneously, which factors are the more important ones and should be endowed more weights are particularly discussed. The research shows that the proportion of net income per capita accounts for the largest weight, which is the core indicator. The proportion of own income and labor force transfer rate are the key indicators, which will directly affect the result of income proportion. This article can provide theoretical reference for further research.

KEYWORDS

DEMATEL Model, multidimensional poverty, indicator weight