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Incorruptible Information on North Korea? An Overview and Review of Anthropometric Assessments
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Citation
- Journal of peace and unification studies, Vol.1, pp. 317-364
- Keywords
- North Korea ; standard of living ; anthropometry ; nutrition ; famine ; health
- Abstract
- North Korea is still a hermit kingdom from where few reliable statistics
emerge. Anthropometric information has been published, and physical
measurements cannot be manipulated per se. With respect to the technical
potential offered by incorruptible information, this paper gives the first and
comprehensive overview of anthropometrical assessments of North Korea, as
well as their systematic review by making use of both a qualitative discussion
and a quantitative index. As many as 23 anthropometric surveys are available
which is quite impressive given an otherwise statistical terra incognita. Our
index shows that in qualitative terms surveys fall into three categories from
those surveys conducted by international organizations dominate over refugee
surveys and North Korean publications. However, no fully statistically
representative and independent survey for North Korea has ever been
carried out, as refugees surveys are severely self-selection biased, government
surveys completely irreplicable, and United Nations surveys possibly skewed
by pre-selection of regions.
- ISSN
- 2092-500x
- Language
- English
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