Consumption poverty in the Republic of Kosovo in 2011 : Varferia ne konsum ne Republiken e Kosoves ne vitin 2011 (Albanês)

This report focuses on absolute poverty, comparing living standards to a poverty threshold that is held fixed in real terms over time and space. The monetary value of the poverty line is updated annually to account for changes in prices. Consumption is... Exibir mais + This report focuses on absolute poverty, comparing living standards to a poverty threshold that is held fixed in real terms over time and space. The monetary value of the poverty line is updated annually to account for changes in prices. Consumption is used as the measure of individual well-being or welfare. Household consumption is calculated as the total value of a household's expenditure on food and nonfood items as recorded in the Household Budget Survey (HBS), a nationally representative survey conducted each year), including imputed values of any home-produced food items that were consumed by the household. In keeping with past practices in Kosovo, expenditures on consumer durable items and rent are excluded from the consumption measure. The 2009, 2010 and 2011 HBS surveys used the new master sample that was developed in 2008 and other aspects of data collection and processing were largely unchanged, therefore data for the three years are comparable. The standard of living associated with a given value of total household consumption depends greatly on the size and demographic composition of the household. Therefore household consumption is divided by the number of adult equivalents in the household to arrive at the welfare measure, which is consumption per adult equivalent. In 2011 poverty rates are lowest among households that primarily depend on public sector wage employment, household businesses (self-employment) and private sector wages. Compared to 2010, better prospects in 2011 are noted for households whose main source of income is from per diem work.  Exibir menos -

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