ppiPAK2009 {ppitables}

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Pakistan

Description

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Pakistan

Usage

ppiPAK2009

Format

A data frame with 10 columns and 101 rows:

score

PPI score

nl100

National poverty line (100%)

nl50

National poverty line (50%)

nl75

National poverty line (75%)

nl125

National poverty line (125%)

nl200

National poverty line (200%)

extreme

USAID extreme poverty

ppp125

Poorest half below 100 national

ppp250

Below $1.25 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp375

Below $2.50 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

Source

https://www.povertyindex.org

Examples

  # Access Pakistan PPI table
  ppiPAK2009

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get the row of poverty
  # probabilities from PPI table it corresponds to
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiPAK2009[ppiPAK2009$score == ppiScore, ]

  # Use subset() function to get the row of poverty probabilities corresponding
  # to specific PPI score
  ppiScore <- 50
  subset(ppiPAK2009, score == ppiScore)

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get a poverty probability
  # based on a specific poverty definition. In this example, the national
  # poverty line definition
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiPAK2009[ppiPAK2009$score == ppiScore, "nl100"]