Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing)
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Añaños Bedriñana, Karen Giovanna; Rodríguez Martín, José Antonio; Añaños Bedriñana, Fanny TaniaEditorial
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Health services research Human rights Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Maternal and child health Welfare
Date
2021Referencia bibliográfica
Bedriñana, K.G.A.; Martín, J.A.R.; Añaños, F.T. Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18094747
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R&D&I Research Project REINAC- “Reintegration and support processes for women on temporary release”, Reference EDU2016-79322-R (2016–2020); Spanish National Plan for Research, R&D&I Research Projects, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO); State Research Agency (AEI); FEDER, Spain; Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain; State Research Agency (SRA); European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), grant number ECO2017-86822-R; Regional Government of Andalusia and the European Regional Development Fund (projects P18-RT-576 and B-SEJ-018- UGR18);; University of Granada (Plan Propio. Unidad Científica de Excelencia: Desigualdad, Derechos Humanos y Sostenibilidad (DEHUSO))Abstract
This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries
(LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries
with profound economic and social inequalities. The indicator was constructed using a set of variables
associated with SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Applying Pena’s DP2 distance method to the
most recent data available (2018) enables regional ordering of Asia’s LDCs based on the values of
these variables. The index integrates socioeconomic variables that permit examination of the impact
of each individual indicator to determine territorial disparities in terms of the partial indicators
of SDG3. “Maternal education,” “Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions
regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care,” and “Gender parity
index in primary education” are the most important variables in explaining spatial disparities in
good health and wellbeing in the LDCs of Asia.