Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of different forms of poverty measurement on variations of the Personal Well-being Index (PWI) of poor and non-poor individuals. Comparative analyzes were performed with the Student's t-test and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) in a comparative perspective of different forms of poverty measurement. The sample consisted of 731 Brazilian subjects, 57% from a northeastern state and 43% form a southern state, with a mean age of 36,7 years (SD = 16,0). Monetary and multidimensional measures of poverty were used. The results indicate that, regardless of the form of poverty measurement, there is a negative impact on PWI. However, the use of the multidimensional perspective seems to have a greater capacity to identify the psychosocial impacts of poverty.
Keywords
poverty; personal well being; multidimensional approach; monetary approach