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Assessing health gradient with different equivalence scales for household income – A sensitivity analysis [PDF]
SSM: Population Health, 2021 :: Research on health inequalities shows considerable variation in health by socioeconomic position regardless of measurement. Income level is among the most commonly used indicators to measure the social gradient in health. The income gradient in health
Sakari Karvonen +3 more
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Regional Analysis of Poverty in Ecuador: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scales [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Economies of scale and equivalent consumption units, which are present in households, must be considered in the measurement of monetary poverty, in order to obtain indicators that approximate the reality of each household.
Diego F. García-Vélez +3 more
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Comparison of Summative Temporal Bone Dissection Scales Demonstrate Equivalence [PDF]
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Introduction Temporal bone surgery is a unique and complicated surgical skill that requires extensive training. There is an educational requirement to maximize trainee experience and provide effective feedback.
Jordan B. Hochman +4 more
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Regional Differences in Equivalence Scales in Turkey [PDF]
Экономика региона, 2017 Equivalence scales have a crucial role in poverty measurement. For Turkey, there are no available up-todate equivalence scales, representing Turkish data. There were no efforts for calculation of equivalence scales at the regional level. The aim of the
Gianni Betti +3 more
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Estimating equivalence scales and non-food needs in Egypt: Parametric and semiparametric regression modeling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 This paper investigated the appropriate specifications of Engel curves for non-food expenditure categories and estimated the deprivation indices of non-food needs in rural areas using a semi parametric examination of the presence of saturation points ...
Fuad A Awwad +2 more
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The effect of equivalence scales on poverty at Oblast level in Ukraine [PDF]
Экономика региона, 2014 This paper aims at properly measuring and evaluating the impact of equivalence scales on poverty and inequality at both national and regional (Oblast) level in Ukraine.
Gianni Betti
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Empirical Economics, 2020 Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different sizes and compositions. Because of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation of ...
Julian Schmied +2 more
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An Equivalence Scale for Time [PDF]
Social Indicators Research, 2021 This article proposes an ‘equivalence scale for time’ by which information on total working time in both paid and unpaid labour can be derived from information about paid working time and household structure. Different scales are offered for males and females, and an adjustment according to year is also provided.
Michael Bittman, Robert E. Goodin
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Health Psychology Open, 2018 Contradictory evidence exists on the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scale’s factor structure and the psychometric equivalence between Form A and Form B.
Angelos P Kassianos +2 more
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The 10-Step Cross-cultural Equivalence Process for Developing Measures for Culturally Informed Research [PDF]
Journal of Participatory Research MethodsWe describe a comprehensive ten step process for choosing and adapting existing scales or questionnaires to the Somali language for the Our Body Our Health (OBOH) study.
Jennifer J. Connor +5 more
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