1. A mixed-method taxonomy of child poverty – the case of Ethiopia Keetie Roelen Laura Camfield ISCI Conference, 28 July 2011

2. Combining debates on.. Child poverty Longitudinal poverty and poverty dynamics Mixed method research to analyze the situation of children and their households in Ethiopia over time

3. This study QUAL QUAN QUAL developing classification analysis taxonomy children and households

4. Data Young Lives, Ethiopia (rural sites only) 3 rounds of quan data: 2002, 2006, 2009 Qual data from 8 sites in 2008, 2009

5. This study QUAL QUAN developing classification taxonomy children and households >> Krishna’s Stages of Progress method

6. Stages of Progress method Source: Krishna, 2005

7. Methodological challenges YL data: Consistency across rounds of quantitative data collection Qualitative information not specific to stages of progress More fundamentally: Application of the qualitative Stages of Progress method to quantitative data Analysis of child poverty from a longitudinal perspective

8. Indicator deprivation rates Category Indicator R1R2R3 Ultra-poormalnourishment 7.40.30.5 not enrolled in school na8.114.9 no animals 18.412.810 no land used for agriculture 9.410.18.4 unreliable credit 6.510.67.2 Poorinsufficient food 24.75.16 child worked for money 11.48.25.8 no draught animals/oxen 53.431.524.7 Nearly no membership of organisations 25.27.46.8 poorno iron roof 77.587.247.9 no land irrigated 9390.286.8

9. Child poverty rates categoryR1R2R3 ultra-poor78.68.4 poor49.82417.2 nearly poor35.655.541.8 not poor7.71232.6

10. Child poverty dynamics R2 poverty status R1 poverty statusultra-poorpoornearpoornon-poorTotal ultra-poor 1.812.541.990.366.7 poor 5.6217.9323.193.0849.82 nearpoor 0.912.926.815.6236.23 non-poor 00.543.443.267.25 Total 8.3323.9155.4312.32100

11. Child poverty dynamics R3 poverty status R2 poverty statusultra-poorpoornearpoornon-poorTotal ultra-poor 3.08 1.450.728.33 poor 1.0911.057.254.5323.91 nearpoor 0.915.4329.5319.5755.43 non-poor 0.360.183.628.1512.32 Total 5.4319.7541.8532.97100

12. Conclusion Children’s lives in rural Ethiopia have improved from 2002 to 2009 Persistent rates of ultra-poverty Important role for livestock How to use qualitative methods in a mixed-method setting? How to deal with the fluidity of child poverty over time?