Official Concept and Definition
Food threshold (FT)
Definition | the minimum income/expenditure required for a family/individual to meet the basic food needs, which satisfies the nutritional requirements for economically necessary and socially desirable physical activities |
Formula | ![]() |
PSS Agency | PSA |
Source/s | PSA https://psa.gov.ph/ISSiP/concepts-and-definitions |
Indicators / Statistics Being Generated | Poverty |
PSA Board Resolution | PSA Board Resolution No 01, Series of 2017 - 129
https://psa.gov.ph/article/nscb-executive-board-resolution-no-2-approving-and-adopting-official-concepts-and |
Statistical Domain | Demographic and social statistics |
Statistical Activity | Income and consumption |
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