Using of the Small Area Statistics Methods to Create Maps of Poverty in Poland Cover Image

Wykorzystanie metod statystyki małych obszarów do tworzenia map ubóstwa w Polsce
Using of the Small Area Statistics Methods to Create Maps of Poverty in Poland

Author(s): Łukasz Wawrowski
Subject(s): Economy, Methodology and research technology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: statistical methods; small area estemates; poverty

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses methods for estimating poverty indicators at lower levels than the voivodship spatial aggregation based on different sources of data on households (censuses and administrative records). The use of small area statistics methods, using these sources unaffected by random error, allowed to get results having a corresponding precision.

  • Issue Year: 59/2014
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 46-56
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish