ppitables (version 0.6.0)

ppiSLV2010: Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for El Salvador

Description

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for El Salvador

Usage

ppiSLV2010

Format

A data frame with 9 columns and 101 rows:

score

PPI score

nl100

National poverty line (100%)

nlFood

Food poverty line

nl150

National poverty line (150%)

nl200

National poverty line (200%)

extreme

USAID extreme poverty

ppp125

Below $1.25 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp250

Below $2.50 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp375

Below $3.75 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

Examples

  # Access El Salvador PPI table
  ppiSLV2010

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get the row of poverty
  # probabilities from PPI table it corresponds to
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiSLV2010[ppiSLV2010$score == ppiScore, ]

  # Use subset() function to get the row of poverty probabilities corresponding
  # to specific PPI score
  ppiScore <- 50
  subset(ppiSLV2010, 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
  ppiSLV2010[ppiSLV2010$score == ppiScore, "extreme"]