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标题：Impact of the COVID−19 Pandemic on Farm Households’ Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty in Rural China
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作者：Yuan Li Liu ; Kai Zhu ; Qi Yao Chen 等
期刊名称：Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2071-1050
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：4
页码：1842
DOI：10.3390/su13041842
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：The COVID−19 pandemic has significantly impacted the economy and livelihoods of people worldwide. To analyze the impact of the pandemic on material conditions, income levels, health conditions, industrial development and employment opportunities of farmers in China’s rural areas, especially poor areas and explore whether farmers can achieve stable poverty eradication during the COVID−19 pandemic, we interviewed 2662 farm households in poverty−stricken areas of China and used the multidimensional poverty measurement model, three−step feasible generalized least squares and propensity score matching to analyze data. We achieved the following results. First, the overall level of multidimensional poverty vulnerability index (MPVI) of the surveyed households was low and the MPVI of each dimension varied significantly. The MPVI of households in the treated group was higher than that of the control group. Second, COVID−19 increased farm households’ vulnerability to multidimensional poverty in poverty−stricken regions; MPVI increased by 27.9%. Third, COVID−19′s impact on various dimensions differed: the greatest impact was on the vulnerability to health deprivation, followed by industrial development, employment and income deprivation. However, the pandemic slightly reduced the vulnerability to material deprivation. Finally, we proposed various measures in response to the impact of the pandemic to assist farm households in poverty−stricken areas.