[Yourtopia] More data questions

Sat Apr 21 01:40:17 BST 2012

Done. Buona notte!

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 20:33, Velichka Dimitrova <
velichka.dimitrova at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I have updated the English definition of poverty incidence - the Italian
> version should be updated as well. A very short definition would be:
>
> "Poverty incidence is the proportion of families with per capita income
> below the poverty threshold."
>
> It still needs an update of the Italian translation though, @Rosamaria?
>
> Velichka
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Marian Steinbach <marian at sendung.de>wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have another data-related question, this time it's about "Poverty
>> incidence".
>>
>> This is the current english description:
>>
>> "A poor family in relative terms is defined as a family with
>> consumption expenditure equal to or below the relative poverty line,
>> which is calculated on the basis of survey data on household
>> consumption. The threshold of absolute poverty is the monthly expense
>> necessary to acquire the minimum basket of goods and services which
>> are considered essential - in the Italian context for a given family
>> to achieve the "minimally acceptable" standard of living. Families
>> with a monthly expenditures equal to or less than the threshold value
>> (which differs in size and age composition of the family, by
>> geographical and demographic size of the municipality of residence)
>> are classified as absolutely poor."
>>
>> From this text, I understand that relative and absolute poverty are
>> two different concepts. But it leaves open which one is reflected in
>> the data. Or at least it's not clear.
>>
>> The visualization on the Istat page and the available excel downloads
>> only contain data on relative poverty.
>>
>> Shouldn't we edit the description, and maybe also the headline, to
>> reflect that the data is actually about relative poverty?
>>
>> Source:
>>
>> http://noi-italia.istat.it/index.php?id=7&user_100ind_pi1[id_pagina]=106&cHash=b4644f7517d30b81dccd95c3073a7100
>>
>> Marian
>>
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