From the top of the mountain or the savannah plane : Subjective perception of poverty in Bogotá ; Desde la cima de la montaña o el plano de la sabana : percepción subjetiva de la pobreza en Bogotá

Most scholars of poverty agree that it refers to a condition in which an individual has a low income; however, their studies rarely incorporate judgments about thewelfare of those who consider themselves to be living in poverty. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing relationship between the concepts of poverty according to income and the concept of poverty based on people’s assessmentof their own condition, according to the information obtained from the Surveyon Quality of Life performed in Bogota for 2007. Conclusions highlight the differences and similarities between this meas... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Guevara Fletcher, Diego Andrés
Gómez Castillo, Julián David
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universidad de La Salle. Revistas. Equidad & Desarrollo.
Schlagwörter: Poverty / subjectivity / bogotá / quality of life survey / Pobreza / subjetividad / encuesta de calidad de vida
Sprache: Spanish
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Most scholars of poverty agree that it refers to a condition in which an individual has a low income; however, their studies rarely incorporate judgments about thewelfare of those who consider themselves to be living in poverty. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing relationship between the concepts of poverty according to income and the concept of poverty based on people’s assessmentof their own condition, according to the information obtained from the Surveyon Quality of Life performed in Bogota for 2007. Conclusions highlight the differences and similarities between this measurement and the traditional or objective measurements. ; La mayoría de los estudiosos de la pobreza acepta que esta se refiere a una condición en la cual, la persona tiene bajos ingresos; sin embargo, es poco comúnen su estudio la incorporación de juicios respecto del bienestar de quienes se consideran que viven en esta. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la relaciónexistente entre conceptos de pobreza basados en el ingreso y el concepto de pobreza basado en la evaluación que de su condición hace la persona que la sufre, tomando como base información la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida de Bogotá de 2007. Las conclusiones resaltan las disonancias y concordancias entre esta medición y las llamadas tradicionales u objetivas.