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Table 11 Measures of poverty based on consumption gross and net of spending on health care

From: Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis

 

Gross of health payments

(1)

Net of health payments

(2)

Difference

   

Absolute

(3) = (2)-(1)

Relative

[(3)/(1)] × 100

$2.2 per day poverty line

    

Poverty headcount

5.3%

6.4%

1.1%

20.7%

Poverty gap (LL)

11,389

14,508

3,119

27.4%

Normalized gap

1%

1.2%

0.2%

20%

$4.4 per day poverty line

    

Poverty headcount

27.5%

31.6%

4.1%

14.9%

Poverty gap (LL)

167,061

197,710

30,649

18.3%

Normalized gap

7.6%

9.0%

1.4%

18.4%

$1.08 per day poverty line (WB)

    

Poverty headcount

0.2%

0.2%

0%

0%

Poverty gap

184

235

51

27.7%

Normalized gap

0.03%

0.04%

0.01%

33.3%

$2.15 per day poverty line (WB)

    

Poverty headcount

5.0%

6.0%

1%

20%

Poverty gap

10,000

12,821

2,821

28.2%

Normalized gap

1%

1.1%

0.1%

10%

  1. Source: Authors' estimate from 2004/2005 Household Survey