Exercise 3.3
Finally, compute the poverty headcount for the whole of Cameroon and for each of its two regions using as poverty lines
  1. a national absolute threshold of 373 F CFA;
  2. the national relative threshold;
  3. the relative thresholds for each of the two regions.

Check whether using an estimate of the national relative threshold (as opposed to a known or deterministic national relative
threshold) has an impact on the standard error of the national headcount.

Answer

a-
STEP 1: Initialising  the sampling weight: EDIT|Set Sample Design

 

  • After choosing the appropriate variable(s), click on  the button OK.

STEP 2: Use the DAD Application: POVERY|FGT Index

  • After choosing the appropriate variable(s) and parameters, click on the  Compute button.

RESULTS
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FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Thu Jul 08 12:38:29 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.281 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable No Selection
Group Number 1
Option Normalised = NO
Parameter α=0

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0,47318047

0,02658057

0,42108351

0,52527744

95,00000000

Poverty line

373,00000000

0,00000000

373,00000000

373,00000000

95,00000000

EDE

0,00000000

0,00000000

0,00000000

0,00000000

95,00000000

 
b & c

Use the DAD Application:  POVERY|FGT Index & Click on button Compute line

  • After choosing the appropriate variable(s) and parameters, click on the  Compute button.

FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Thu Jul 08 12:39:12 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.031 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable No Selection
Group Number 1
Option Normalised = NO
Parameter α=0

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0,25351133

0,02481451

0,20487578

0,30214687

95,00000000

Poverty line

281,69351196

10,07623567

261,94445324

301,44257068

95,00000000

EDE

0,00000000

0,00000000

0,00000000

0,00000000

95,00000000

 

Region 1

FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Mon Jul 05 14:44:58 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.0 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable REGION
Group Number 1
Option Normalised = NO
Parameter α=0

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0.17487060

0.02309173

0.12961163

0.22012956

95.00000000

Poverty line

373.00000000

0.00000000

373.00000000

373.00000000

95.00000000

EDE

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

95.00000000

 

FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Mon Jul 05 14:46:43 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.031 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable REGION
Group Number 1
Option Normalised = NO
Parameter α=0

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0.29011649

0.02631053

0.23854880

0.34168419

95.00000000

Poverty line

478.99566650

22.93429518

434.04527461

523.94605840

95.00000000

EDE

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

95.00000000

Region 2

FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Mon Jul 05 14:47:38 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.0 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable REGION
Group Number 2

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0.59275490

0.03349239

0.52711102

0.65839878

95.00000000

Poverty line

373.00000000

0.00000000

373.00000000

373.00000000

95.00000000

EDE

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

95.00000000

 

 

FGT (Poverty)

Session Date Mon Jul 05 14:48:03 EDT 2004
Execution Time 0.047 sec
FileName DECB-8.daf
OBS 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE
Group variable REGION
Group Number 2

Index

Estimated value

Standard deviation

Lower bound

Upper bound

Confidence Level in (%)

FGT

0.15802449

0.02368923

0.11159444

0.20445454

95.00000000

Poverty line

202.60676575

7.56610105

187.77748041

217.43605109

95.00000000

EDE

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

0.00000000

95.00000000