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Balochistan tops poverty list: SPDC
Shahid Shah
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
From Print Edition
KARACHI: The percent of Pakistan's population that lives below the poverty line has increased to 36.79 percent in 2013 against 29.76 percent in 2004-05,
said a report issued by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) in May this year.
The report titled, "Predicting Sub-National Poverty Incidence for Pakistan," has been compiled by Haroon Jamal for the present year. It is based on data of Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM) and Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES). Both surveys are used to arrive at aggregate poverty measures using small area estimation technique.
According to the report, there is greater poverty in the rural areas of the country as compared to its urban areas. A total of 37.31 percent people in the rural areas lived below the poverty line, the report suggests.
Balochistan remains at the top of the poverty list with 45.68 percent of its population living below the poverty line; followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 41.71 percent; Sindh with 36.27 percent and Punjab, showing the lowest figure, at 35 percent of its population.
In urban Sindh, including Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, poverty is relatively low at 23.07 percent. Meanwhile, small cities and towns of Balochistan show the highest levels of poverty as 62.26 percent of the population is found to be living below the poverty line.
Jacobabad is named the poorest district with 56.37 percent of the population living below the poverty line; followed by Kashmore with 45.86 percent; Larkana at 38.68 percent and Karachi faring best with 22.27 percent of its inhabitants living below the poverty level. Poverty also remained low in Dadu and Sanghar.
The surveys and report considered factors such as household assets, levels of education and literacy, employment, household amenities, housing quality, household structure, demographics and geography. Family size and dependency ratio were also important predictors.
The number of earners in the family and the age of the head of the household were found to be positive determinants of household expenditure. Further, unemployment among the heads of households was found to be negatively associated with household expenditure.
In the rural context, amount of agriculture land, ownership of livestock and non-residential property were all positively correlated positively with household expenditure. Further, non-farm households and wage employment played a dominant role in determining levels of consumption.
Balochistan tops poverty list: SPDC - thenews.com.pk
Shahid Shah
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
From Print Edition
KARACHI: The percent of Pakistan's population that lives below the poverty line has increased to 36.79 percent in 2013 against 29.76 percent in 2004-05,
said a report issued by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) in May this year.The report titled, "Predicting Sub-National Poverty Incidence for Pakistan," has been compiled by Haroon Jamal for the present year. It is based on data of Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM) and Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES). Both surveys are used to arrive at aggregate poverty measures using small area estimation technique.
According to the report, there is greater poverty in the rural areas of the country as compared to its urban areas. A total of 37.31 percent people in the rural areas lived below the poverty line, the report suggests.
Balochistan remains at the top of the poverty list with 45.68 percent of its population living below the poverty line; followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 41.71 percent; Sindh with 36.27 percent and Punjab, showing the lowest figure, at 35 percent of its population.
In urban Sindh, including Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, poverty is relatively low at 23.07 percent. Meanwhile, small cities and towns of Balochistan show the highest levels of poverty as 62.26 percent of the population is found to be living below the poverty line.
Jacobabad is named the poorest district with 56.37 percent of the population living below the poverty line; followed by Kashmore with 45.86 percent; Larkana at 38.68 percent and Karachi faring best with 22.27 percent of its inhabitants living below the poverty level. Poverty also remained low in Dadu and Sanghar.
The surveys and report considered factors such as household assets, levels of education and literacy, employment, household amenities, housing quality, household structure, demographics and geography. Family size and dependency ratio were also important predictors.
The number of earners in the family and the age of the head of the household were found to be positive determinants of household expenditure. Further, unemployment among the heads of households was found to be negatively associated with household expenditure.
In the rural context, amount of agriculture land, ownership of livestock and non-residential property were all positively correlated positively with household expenditure. Further, non-farm households and wage employment played a dominant role in determining levels of consumption.
Balochistan tops poverty list: SPDC - thenews.com.pk
