Determinants of the Patterns of Consumption Deprivation of Urban Poor Households in Inchon, Korea

초록

The Purpose of this study is to examine the variables determining the probability of membership in the consumption deprivation patterns. Data were collected by the researcher through interviews with primary women of the 563 households in Inchon, Korea. To classify the patterns of consumption deprivation, cluster analysis was conducted, and done. First, four clusters were classified: 'Overall Satisfied Pattern(OSP)', 'Food Satisfied with the Others Deprived Pattern(FS-ODP)', and 'Food Extremely Deprived with Housing Satisfied Pattern(FED-HSP)', and 'Housing Extremely Deprived with Food Deprived Pattern(HED-FDP)'. Second, asset increased the probability of membership in OSP, but decreased the probability of membership in FS-ODP or HED-FDP. Household heads with higher education were more likely to belong to FS-ODP. Old household heads were more likely to belong to FED-HSP. Compared with the blue-collar workers, the middle-class workers worker were more likely to belong to OSP. Compared with the urban underclass workers, the blue-collar workers were more likely to belong to FS-ODP, but less likely to belong to HED-FDP. The coefficient for nonasset income was not significant in all logistic equation models. It can be concluded that asset was the most important variable determiming the likelihood of membership in OSP or the others.