Open AccessNierówności i ubóstwo ekonomiczne na obszarach wiejskich w Polsce
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Raczkowska,
Joanna Wrzesińska-Kowal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
roczniki nauk rolniczych. seria g, ekonomika rolnictwa/roczniki naukowe ekonomii rolnictwa i rozwoju obszarów wiejskich/roczniki ekonomii rolnictwa i rozwoju obszarów wiejskich
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2299-9566
pISSN - 0080-3715
DOI - 10.22630/rnr.2018.105.1.1
Subject(s) - poverty , inequality , agriculture , economic inequality , descriptive statistics , rural area , rural poverty , statistical analysis , index (typography) , socioeconomics , economics , geography , statistics , economic growth , mathematics , political science , archaeology , world wide web , mathematical analysis , computer science , law
The aim of the paper was to present the level of disparities and economic poverty in rural areas of Poland in the period 2010-2016. The adopted research assumption was that a high level of income inequality led to a high level of relative poverty. The research was based on the analysis and synthesis of literature and secondary statistical data from the Central Statistical Office. In the theoretical part, the author presented an overview of inequality and poverty definitions. The research part used descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The obtained results demonstrate that there is a strong positive correlation between income inequality measured using the Gini index and relative poverty in rural areas. No correlation between variables for the professional group of farmers was observed. It can be thus assumed that an increase in income inequality in rural areas leads to an increase in relative poverty, however this correlation does not apply to households, where the main source of income is agriculture.