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Department of Resilience Development, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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• Research Article   
  Measuring Economic Resilience and its Influence on Child Development in Indonesia: An Index-Based Approach
  Author(s): Rayinda Putri Meliasari* and Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo
  
  Amid growing economic uncertainty, household economic resilience has become a critical issue, especially in developing countries. At the same time, child stunting and cognitive impairment remain pressing developmental challenges, disproportionately affecting households with lower socioeconomic status. This study aims to construct a comprehensive and valid index for measuring household economic resilience by employing multidimensional household characteristics. Using data from the 2014 Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), we develop a latent variable representing household economic resilience through factor analysis, incorporating indicators of economic welfare, living conditions, social protection and financial literacy, each constructed from multiple constituent variables. Additionally, we explore the impact of household resilience on child growth, employing rainfall as an Instrumen.. View More»
  

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