From "Poor" to "Not Poor": Improved Understandings and the Advantage of the Qualitative Approach

Authors

Eleanor Wint, Social Work Programme, UNBC
Christine Frank, Georgian College

Keywords

Poverty, qualitative assessment, qualitative software, Caribbean community, community development, NVivo

Abstract

Re-analysis of qualitative data generated in six Country Poverty Assessments in the Caribbean, suggests that traditional ways of seeing the poor might well lead to unfair categorisation of a people who are unwilling to be seen as living in poverty. Use of qualitative data software was able to bring out new understandings of the conceptual difference between being poor and living in poverty. Wint and Frank suggest that this is a distinction which those responsible for designing and implementing poverty intervention strategies would be wise to bear in mind as it would allow for creative and timely use of community-based strengths.

Recommended Citation

Wint, Eleanor and Frank, Christine (2006) "From "Poor" to "Not Poor": Improved Understandings and the Advantage of the Qualitative Approach," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 33: Iss. 1, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3140
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol33/iss1/9