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Mean consumption, Poverty and Inequality in Rural India in the 60th Round of the National Sample Survey

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Authors

Jha, Raghbendra

Gaiha, Raghav

Sharma, Anurag

Publisher

de Sitter Publications

Abstract

This article reports on mean consumption, poverty (all three FGT measures) and inequality during 2004 for rural India using National Sample Survey (NSS) data for the 60th Round. Mean consumption at the national level is much higher than the poverty line.

Keywords

Keywords: consumption behavior; database; growth rate; poverty; rural area; socioeconomic survey; article; economics; ethnology; health; history; India; legal aspect; population density; poverty; psychological aspect; rural population; social problem; socioeconomic India; inequality; mean consumption; poverty

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49780

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1177/0021909610373892

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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