Italian Households’ Material Deprivation: Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm approach for categorical variables
Material deprivation is a complex concept referring to the inability of
families to meet certain needs. Some indicators of material deprivation, included in
the EU portfolio, are collected by EU-SILC survey on households and individuals
through categorical variables. In this study, the large dataset provided by EU-SILC
survey collected in Italy in 2017, on a sample of 22,226 households is analysed. The
main goal is to identify clusters of Italian households to take into account the multiple