Head count ratio

The head count ratio (HCR) is the population proportion that exists, or lives, below the poverty threshold.[1] One of the undesirable features of the head count ratio is that it ignores the depth of poverty; if the poor become poorer, the head count index does not change.[2] For example, the poverty head count ratio at national poverty line (percentage of population) in India was last reported at 21.9% in 2011.[3] In July 2012, The New York Times reported the poverty head count ratio as 11.1% of the population of the United States in 1973, 15.2% in 1983 and 11.3% in 2000.[4]

Head count ratio in South Africa

See also

References
  1. Tendulkar, Suresh D.; Jain, L. R. (June 10, 1995). "Economic Reforms and Poverty". Economic and Political Weekly. 30 (23): 1373–1375, 1377. JSTOR 4402854.
  2. Ravallion, Martin (June 1996). Issues in Measuring and Modeling Poverty (PDF). Policy Research Working Paper. 1615. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. "Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) - India". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  4. Edelman, Peter (July 28, 2012). "Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
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