Exercise 7.2
Using DECA-7, plot the first-order dominance curves separately for the female-headed and for the male-headed households, for poverty lines varying between 0 and 300 FCFA. What do these curves indicate? Find the relevant "critical thresholds" and comment.

Answer
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: DISTRIBUTION|NON PARAMETRIC REGRESSION

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

RESULTS
 

 

  • Click on the  button CROSSING after clicking again on the button RANGE.

RESULTS

Poverty (Dominance)

Session Date Thu Jul 08 13:09:47 EDT 2004  
Execution Time 0.516 sec  
FileName DECA-7.daf DECA-7.daf
OBS 1000 1000
Sampling Weight WHHLD WHHLD
Variable of interest EXPEQ EXPEQ
Size variable SIZE SIZE
Group variable SEXE SEXE
Index of Groups 1 2
Option Standard Deviation=Yes
Parameter s =1.0
Crossing Value Of Z Standard Deviation Case
1 93.49485779 0.65117426

2

2 164.21858215 30.04935158

1

3 3699.83081055 55.52587391

2

Case #1 = Before, Distribution #1 Dominates Distribution #2
Case #2 = Before,Distribution #2 Dominates Distribution #1