IMR, poverty and academic performance at municipality level in Colombia

This dataset contains data for multidimensional poverty, infant mortality rate (IMR) and academic performance at municipality level for Colombia. It was developed with the purpose of assessing regional inequality in Colombia in the decade between 2005 - 2015 and its effect over academic performance at the end of high school. This dataset includes 1106 municipalities describing: average IMRs during a decade (2005-2015), fifteen variables describing poverty in 2005 (extracted from census data) and normalized scores for the cognitive skills test for college admissions (CSTCA). Poverty and IMR can be used as proxy of economic development and population health and scores on standardized tests as proxy of academic achievement. This dataset was generated to provide better understanding of the inequality in Colombia at regional level. Colombia is a middle income country, and one of the most unequal economies in the world. Regional disparities of economic growth and development in Colombia are visible in terms of poverty, population health and education. The reported data cover 3 categories of indicators that can be used to proxy poverty, population health and education achievement. IMR, health access and academic performance information at municipality level were obtained from data repositories of the Colombian government agencies.本数据集包含哥伦比亚市级层面的多维贫困（multidimensional poverty）、婴儿死亡率（infant mortality rate, IMR）以及学业表现相关数据。本数据集旨在评估2005至2015这十年间哥伦比亚的区域不平等状况，及其对高中结业阶段学业表现的影响。本数据集涵盖1106个市级单元，包含以下三类信息：2005至2015年十年间的平均婴儿死亡率、2005年源自普查数据的15项贫困衡量变量，以及大学招生认知能力测试（cognitive skills test for college admissions, CSTCA）的标准化得分。贫困水平与婴儿死亡率可作为经济发展与人口健康的代理指标，而标准化测试得分则可作为学业成就的代理指标。本数据集的构建旨在增进对哥伦比亚区域层面不平等状况的认知。哥伦比亚属于中等收入国家，亦是全球经济不平等程度最高的经济体之一。哥伦比亚的经济增长与发展存在显著区域差异，这一点在贫困、人口健康与教育领域均有体现。本次公布的数据涵盖三类可分别代理贫困水平、人口健康与教育成就的指标。市级层面的婴儿死亡率、医疗可及性与学业表现数据，均源自哥伦比亚政府机构的数据库。