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Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds and Poverty Incidence among Population and Children belonging to Poor Families: 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015

Table ID: 1A1BVMA1

Indicator Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds
Definition Poverty threshold is the minimum income required for a family/individual to meet the basic food and non-food requirements.
Method of Computation Poverty threshold = FT/(FE/TBE)
where:
FT = Food Threshold
FE - actual food expenditure of families within the +/- ten percentile of the food threshold
TBE - total basic expenditure of of families within the +/- ten percentile of the food threshold
Source of Basic Data Official Poverty Statistics
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority
Frequency of Release Every 3 years
Latest Available 2015
Level of Disaggregation Regional
Indicator Poverty Incidence among Population
Definition Poverty incidence is the number of individuals with income below the per capita poverty thresholds divided by the total number of individuals.
Method of Computation P = (Q/n) *100

where:

Q= number of individuals with per capita annual income less than the per capita poverty threshold

n= total number of individuals
Source of Basic Data Official Poverty Statistics
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority
Frequency of Release Every 3 years
Latest Available 2015
Level of Disaggregation Regional
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