Description: Percentage of the population living below the national poverty line, disaggregated by sex and age group.
Sub description2009
All Poor41.3
Not Poor58.7
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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Proportion of population living below national poverty line by sex and age
Indicator purpose

Share of employed population living in households below the national poverty line.

Abstract

This indicator provides the proportion of the total population and the proportion of the employed population living in households with per-capita consumption or income that is below the national poverty line.

Data source

Statistical Institute of Belize

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Statistical Institute of Belize

Date last updated
29-OCT-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Other characteristics

The national poverty rate is the percentage of the total population living below the national poverty line. The rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national poverty line. Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national poverty line.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

Employed persons: All persons of working age who, during a short reference period such as a day or a week, performed work for others in exchange for pay or profit.

Poverty Line: Threshold below which individuals in the reference population are considered poor and above which they are considered non-poor. The threshold is generally defined as the per-capita monetary requirements an individual needs to afford the purchase of a basic bundle of goods and services.

Disaggregation
  • by sex and age.
  • by employment status.
  • by rural/urban areas.
  • by special groups e.g. persons with disabilities, indigenous people.
Key statistical concepts

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of persons living in households below the poverty line (disaggregated by sex, age and employment status) by the total number of persons (disaggregated by the same sex, age and employment status groups).

Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

A proxy to help policy makers eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by directing their poverty alleviation resources to those closest to the poverty line.

Limitations
  • Consumption data are not always available.
  • The measure of poverty obtained could still fail to capture important aspects of individual welfare.
  • The difference between urban and rural poverty lines reflects more than a difference in the cost of living of which the poverty line fails to account for.
Other comments

Cross-country comparisons should not be made using national poverty lines, as these do not reflect any single agreed-upon international norm on poverty. Analyses of trends and patterns of poverty may be informative and, in many cases, more useful for national inferences than analysis of international poverty lines. This indicator is disaggregated by sex and hence it is well-suited for analysis of gender equality issues.

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