ppitables (version 0.6.0)

ppiBGD2013: Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Bangladesh

Description

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Bangladesh

Usage

ppiBGD2013

Format

A data frame with 10 columns and 101 rows:

score

PPI score

nl

National lower poverty line

nu100

National upper poverty line (100%)

nu150

National upper poverty line (150%)

nu200

National upper poverty line (200%)

extreme

USAID extreme poverty

ppp125

Below $1.25 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp175

Below $1.75 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp200

Below $2.00 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp250

Below $2.50 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

Examples

  # Access Bangladesh PPI table
  ppiBGD2013

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get the row of poverty
  # probabilities from PPI table it corresponds to
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiBGD2013[ppiBGD2013$score == ppiScore, ]

  # Use subset() function to get the row of poverty probabilities corresponding
  # to specific PPI score
  ppiScore <- 50
  subset(ppiBGD2013, score == ppiScore)

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get a poverty probability
  # based on a specific poverty definition. In this example, the USAID
  # extreme poverty definition
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiBGD2013[ppiBGD2013$score == ppiScore, "extreme"]