Research on the Relationships Among Economic Indicators, Poverty Indicators, and Educational Indicators in the Middle and Low Developing Countries

• Main Authors: Hsiu-mei Hsu, 徐秀美
• Other Authors: Fang-Chung Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27598089582131770469

碩士 === 國立台北師範學院 === 教育政策與管理研究所 === 92 === ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships among the economic indicators (the per capital income and the ratio of economic growth), poverty indicators(the ratio of clear water be used, the ratio of infant death per thousand, and the ratio of sanitary services be obtained), and educational indicators (the ratio of literacy, the ratio of primary education, the ratio of secondary education, the ratio of higher education). By using Multiple Regression Analysis, this study was concentrated in analyzing economic indicators, poverty indicators, and educational indicators for the middle and low developing countries in 1997. There are seven hypothesis be tested in this study and has reached the following results : first, by using the Multiple Regression Analysis, the relationships between the education indicators and economic indicators as well as poverty indicators are positive significantly. Second, the study will classify country’s pattern based on educational indicators, economic indicator, and poverty indicators. We can cluster those 110 countries into three groups by classifying to ten indicators, that is, 77 in high, 25 in middle, and 8 in low developing countries, however, these countries are 84.5% exactly classified by these ten indicators. Moreover, according to the results of this study, some policies were given to eliminate the poverty for poverty countries. The final target is to reach the average well-being. The study also mentioned the important of education that will help to decrease the populations of poor.