Adaptive deprivation scales in a multi-national context: the European child deprivation indicators

Bailey, N. and Guio, A.-C. (2022) Adaptive deprivation scales in a multi-national context: the European child deprivation indicators. Child Indicators Research, 15(6), pp. 2335-2362. (doi: 10.1007/s12187-022-09949-x)

Abstract

In 2018, EU Member States adopted a 17-item scale to measure child deprivation and monitor progress in their fight against child poverty. This indicator will be collected in future every three years via an ad hoc module of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Previous research has shown how deprivation measures can be implemented more efficiently and with minimal information loss using adaptive testing, at least in the context of a single country. This paper examines the scope to implement the adaptive approach in a multi-national context with wide variations in deprivation levels and potentially in cultural preferences for consumption. The paper shows that the adaptive approach works effectively in this context. Time savings of around 40 per cent can be achieved with very minimal information losses both at the EU level and at the level of each individual country. Time savings are much greater in countries with lower deprivation. The adaptive approach may therefore offer particular advantages in a multi-national context as it can provide a consistent measure for all participating countries while targeting survey time and resources where they are most needed.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bailey, Professor Nick
• Authors: Bailey, N., and Guio, A.-C.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Journal Name: Child Indicators Research
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 1874-897X
• ISSN (Online): 1874-8988
• Published Online: 09 June 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Child Indicators Research 15(6): 2335-2362
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
163737		Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom: the 2010 SurveyES/G035784/1 (PI Prof David Gordon)	Nick Bailey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/G035784/1	S&PS - Urban Studies