Poverty classification: A comparative analysis of classification algorithms on poverty in households in the top three richest and poorest regions in the Philippines using the family income and expenditure survey 2021

• Main Authors: Dy, Jonathan Arthur L., Butardo, Chrisha Mae Tan, Hernandez, Aaron Anthony Munoz
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Poverty > Philippines; Algorithms; Statistics and Probability
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_math/28; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdb_math/article/1030/viewcontent/2023_Butardo_Dy_Hernandez_Poverty_Classification__A_Comparative_Analysis_Full_text.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Poverty remains one of the most significant issues the Philippines faces today. Despite the country’s poverty rate slowly decreasing over the years, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the situation to worsen once again. This study aimed to propose an alternative classification for poverty by using machine...