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the geometric mean is GEL 121.5 [4,C], so the Atkinson measure A(0) is computed as 100 × (144.5 – 121.5)/144.5 = 15.9, which can be verified from table 3.27.
Censored Income Standards and Poverty Measures A distribution’s censored income standard is computed by applying income standards to a per capita expenditure distribution that is censored at the poverty line. In a censored distribution, the achievements of those below the poverty line are retained, and the achievements of those above the poverty line are replaced by the poverty line itself. The censored income standards shown in table A.2 are closely related to the poverty measures reported in chapter 3. Table rows report rural and urban areas and subnational regions. Row 13 reports the income standard for Georgia as a whole. The variable is per capita expenditure, assessed in lari. Column A shows the doubly censored mean of a distribution, where censoring takes place at the distribution’s upper and lower ends. In a doubly
Table A.2: Censored Income Standards lari Doubly censored mean
a =1
a =0
a = –1
Sen mean
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B
C
D
E
Poverty line = 75.4 Urban Rural
54.2 51.6
68.9 67.4
66.9 64.5
62.9 58.6
63.6 60.9
Subnational region Kakheti Tbilisi Shida Kartli Kvemo Kartli Samtskhe-Javakheti Ajara Guria Samegrelo Imereti Mtskheta-Mtianeti Total
46.1 59.7 48.8 41.9 52.7 47.4 56.4 50.2 59.8 49.6 52.8
65.3 71.3 66.6 63.8 67.9 65.8 69.1 67.1 70.8 65.5 68.1
61.8 70.2 63.0 60.0 65.3 62.4 67.1 64.5 69.3 62.1 65.6
54.4 68.4 54.2 53.7 60.4 56.4 62.9 59.7 66.5 56.8 60.6
57.7 67.7 59.6 55.3 61.8 58.3 63.9 60.6 66.7 57.9 62.2
Region 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
General mean
Source: Based on ADePT Poverty and Inequality modules using Integrated Household Survey of Georgia 2003 and 2006.
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