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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > measurements and definitions of poverty > sen index

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sen index  

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  • The Sen Index (also S-Index or S-Measure) is a poverty measure that was introduced by the economist Amartya Sen in the 1970s. The measure was novel in two ways. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Sen Index]

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