準貧困とはなにか : ウェルビーイングへの影響を事例として

Abstract

To clarify what semipoverty is, this paper investigates how it affects well-being. If a society continuously spreads, there should always be a group next to the poor population. Called “semipoverty,” such group has no guarantee of avoiding monetary or subjective risks. Thus, quantitative data is statistically analyzed and supplemented by qualitative data of an interview. We found that the semipoor population had happiness between that of the poor and the general populations. Also, semipoverty did deteriorate happiness. Therefore, semipoverty, while not as severe as poverty does, reduces well-being. The paper scrutinizes risks of the semipoor population for the first time in a case study of wellbeing formation.