Within the subjective poverty, the multidimensional poverty and food security: a glance at living conditions of Colombian households 1

This paper studies the relationship between subjective poverty, multidimensional poverty and food security of Colombian households. The aim is to see how far our measure of subjective poverty correlates with the different components that are part of the multidimensional poverty measurement. Econometric analysis show the existence of a significant positive relationship between the perception of household poverty with 12 of the 15 categories that currently comprise the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI); the deficiencies in income may mean the inability of households to consume certain basic goods and services that are measured by means of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and food security. Furthermore, the results suggest that there is no statistical evidence that support that the size of the family or single-parent households increase the probability that the household perceives itself to be poor.