Indian poverty, table reformatted

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 15 16:12:51 PDT 2001


[The table from John Mage's post, with tabs - which produce unpredictable results in mailers - changed to spaces.]

Percentage of People below Poverty Line in India, 1993-4 and 1998

Rural Poverty(%) Urban Poverty(%) Combined Ratio(%) Absolute#

1993-94 37.27 32.36 35.95 328.5 million 1998 42.58 32.87 39.89 376.8 million

Source: S.P.Gupta, "Trickle Down Theory Revisited: The Role of Employment and Poverty". _Indian Journal of Labor Economics_, vol.43, no.1, 2000



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