1. Per capita Food Poverty Line (Zf)*
Table 1. Estimation of the incidence of poverty at household level by CBN method
Per capita Food Poverty Line (Zf)*
13348
Per capita lower allowance (ZLn)**
2153
Per capita lower poverty line (ZL= Zf + ZLn)
15501
Per capita upper allowance (ZUn)**
3030
Per capita upper poverty line (ZU= Zf + ZUn)
16378
Per household lower poverty line expenditure
70183
% HH below the lower poverty line expenditure
23.64
Per household upper poverty line expenditure
74066
% HH below the upper poverty line expenditure
37.34
Source: Field Survey, 2012.
Note: *The food poverty line is estimated by considering the price for the annual food quantity of minimal nutritional requirements corresponding to 2,122 kcal per day per person.
** ZLn=E[yi-xi | yi=Zf] and ZUn=E[yi-xi | xi=Zf], where y denotes the total per capita consumption; x denotes the food per capita consumption and Zf denotes the food poverty line.
M. Mohiuddin et al. Poverty, Food Security Status and Coping Strategies of Marginal Farm Households in Some Selected
Areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Food Security, 2016, Vol. 4, No. 4, doi: /jfs-4-4-2
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