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Measur ing poverty and inequality in the Republic of Belarus

Learn about the methods and indicators used by the National Statistical Committee of Belarus to measure poverty and inequality in the country. This includes data on household living standards, poverty assessment approaches, material deprivation indicators, and future developments in social measurement. Explore the statistical survey design, distribution of sample population, income indicators, and relative poverty assessment in Belarus.

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Measur ing poverty and inequality in the Republic of Belarus

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  1. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS Inna Konoshonok Head of the Living Standards Statistics and HouseholdSurvey Department Measuring poverty and inequality in the Republic of Belarus

  2. Measuring povertyand inequality in the Republic of Belarus Measurement of poverty and inequalityin the Republic of Belarus National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus Sample Household Living Standards Survey

  3. Sample Sample size- 6000private households – 0.2%ofthe general population General population for the sampling procedure – the total number of households living in Belarus excluding institutional households and homeless persons Rotation – 75% of households National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  4. Sample design • Three-stage stratified probability sample • Territorial principle of sampling • Selection is carried out separately for urban and rural areas National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  5. Distribution of sample population over the territory Towns and urban-type settlements Rural localities National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  6. Survey indicators • expendituresand income • food consumption • durable goods • housing conditions • indicators reflecting other aspects of living standards National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  7. Approaches to povertyassessment • Absolute poverty –official poverty indicator • Relative poverty • Subjective poverty National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  8. Absolute poverty Statutory national poverty line– minimum subsistence budget Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On theminimum subsistence level in the Republic of Belarus»: low-incomecitizens (families) arecitizens (families) with average per capitaincome below the minimum subsistencebudget (for objective reasons) National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  9. Minimum subsistence budget Minimumsubsistence level Compulsory payments and contributions food non-food goods services National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  10. Income indicator Income indicator –disposable resources money funds value of consumed home-grown produce value of in-kind benefits and payments Disposable resources National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  11. Relative poverty Relative poverty line–60% of the national average per capitaequivalised median disposable resources National equivalence scale applied National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  12. National equivalence scale 1.0 – the first adult in the household 0.8 – each other adult 0.9 – each child at the age of over 6 and under 18 0.7 –  each child at the age of over 3 and under 6 0.5 – each child under 3 National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  13. Poverty indicators in theRepublic of Belarus National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  14. Poverty indicator frequency National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  15. Poverty indicator breakdowns national level regional level urban and rural areas socio-demographic population groups (gender, age) types of households(household size, households with children,pensioners families) National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  16. Inequality indicators National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  17. Material deprivation indicators deprivations in housing conditions (livingin hazardous dwellings, available housing floor spacedoes not exceed 5 sq. meters per person ) deprivations inmaterial well-being (lack ofmoneyforthe purchaseof meat and fishproducts, new outerwear and footwear, durable goods; inabilityto pay forunexpected expenses) deprivationsof households with children (lack ofmoney fora regular purchase of fruitfor children, lack of money to buy newclothing and footwearfor children as they grow out of clothes,to provide themwithtextbooks and school supplies) National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  18. Methodological issues of compiling material deprivation list expediency to include materialdeprivations which do not applyto the majorityof the population expediency to include in thegeneral list material deprivationstypical only forfamilies withchildren to define concentrationof deprivations out of the basiclist which are associated with poverty to define the weight of each deprivation in the resulting final index National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  19. Future developments • Using the theory of material deprivations • Multi-dimensional poverty measurement • Measuring social benefits and subsidies National Statistical Committeeof the Republic of Belarus

  20. Thank youfor you attention!

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