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Poverty and Indigenous Health
Michael Morrissey
Northern NSW University Department of Rural Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Abstract
This paper reviews the most recent literature on Indigenous income,
noting pitfalls in applying standard poverty research techniques to
Indigenous society. The purpose of this review is to derive the best
estimates available of the income level of Indigenous people in
Australia, an estimate which is then used as the basis for a series of
tests of the efficacy of this variable as a predictor of Indigenous
mortality.
The conclusion is that, although Indigenous Australians are,
on average, extremely poor compared to the Australian population as a
whole, the mortality gap is out of all proportion to the income gap.
Non-Indigenous Australians at a similar income level have completely
different mortality patterns from Indigenous Australians, as do much
poorer people in other countries.
The paper discusses a number of
methodological issues prompted by this conclusion.
Keywords
social determinants, indigenous health, indigenous income, indigenous poverty, social science methodology
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