Release Date :
PSS Agency :
PSA
Definition :
The average income shortfall, expressed in proportion to the poverty threshold, of families/individuals with income below the poverty threshold
Notes:
The difference between the income gap and the poverty gap is the use of number of poor families/ individuals as denominator for the income gap. For the poverty gap, the total number of families/individuals is used.
Formula
Source :
PSA
Indicators
Poverty
PSA Board Resolution :
PSA Board Resolution No 01, Series of 2017 - 143
Board Resolution URL
Statistical Domain
Statistical Activity