composition and prices. In order to satisfy this requirement, the living standard indicator for household s is as ys = cs/(S.Is ) cs is the value of consumption of household s, S is an household equivalence scale, Is is a price index that allows us to distinguish between price levels in Mauritius and Rodrigues. The deflated living standard indicator is denoted per capita real living standard when S is the household size, and per adult-equivalent real living standard, when S is another household equivalence scale. The non-deflated living standard indicator is denoted nominal living standard. A nutritional table for Mauritius has now been constructed by the CSO/MSS team, under our guidance. The nutritional table was needed so that measures of food expenditure observed in the HBS could be converted into measures of nutrient intakes. This conversion allows us to compare food basic needs defined in terms of nutritional minima with household budget information. Food thresholds The of the calculation The method we apply for the estimation of the nutrition-based food thresholds (denoted ZF) is in five steps, all based on sampling estimators. We choose a reference group whose living standard is close to the expected poverty line, for each strata j (j = 1, for Mauritius; and 2, for Rodrigues). The two strata
River 4.83 (1.51) 1.16 (0.427) 0.359 (0.149) 1.40 (0.524) Rodrigues 10.3 (1.65) 2.25 (0.436) 0.795 (0.190) 2.85 (0.576) 5: Nutritional poverty estimates by activity status of head (%) Activity status of head Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Watts Poverty Measure Employee 4.48 (0.421) 0.804 (0.108) 0.241 (0.0439) 0.974 (0.139) Self Employed 5.43 (0.741) 0.928 (0.154) 0.238 (0.0509) 1.08 (0.186) Housewife 11.8 (2.05) 2.35 (0.513) 0.655 (0.184) 2.78 (0.633) Retired 5.97 (1.14) 1.27 (0.374) 0.444 (0.188) 1.62 (0.522) Other 13.4 (3.01) 4.23 (1.34) 2.01 (0.878) 6.10 (2.26) Table 6: Nutritional poverty estimates by sector of employment of head (%) Employment sector Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Watts Poverty Measure Public Sector 5.30 (0.597) 1.18 (0.187) 0.421 (0.0966) 1.52 (0.271) Private Sector 5.68 (0.461) 1.01 (0.112) 0.289 (0.0440) 1.21 (0.143) Table 7: Nutritional poverty estimates by sex of head (%) Sex of head Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Watts Poverty Measure Male 5.00 (0.381) 0.962 (0.104) 0.306 (0.0493) 1.19 (0.144)
Female 8.93 (1.17) 1.79 (0.296) 0.559 (0.127) 2.19 (0.390) Table 8: Nutritional poverty estimates by educational level of head (%) Educational of head Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Poverty Measure No education 9.12 (0.893) 1.89 (0.280) 0.676 (0.152) 2.43 (0.414) Primary 8.05 (0.828) 1.44 (0.191) 0.391 (0.0669) 1.71 (0.236) Secondary 3.02 (0.461) 0.621 (0.125) 0.198 (0.0522) 0.759 (0.163) Tertiary 0.336 (0.239) 0.0264 (0.0211) (0.0021) 0.0276 (0.0222) Table 9: Nutritional poverty estimates by household size (%) Household Size Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Poverty Measure 1 1.35 (0.539) 0.496 (0.247) 0.304 (0.190) 0.901 (0.517) 2 1.01 (0.307) 0.151 (0.0551) 0.0302 (0.0125) 0.169 (0.0623) 3 2.56 (0.439) 0.421 (0.0859) 0.111 (0.0305) 0.497 (0.107) 4 3.88 (0.476) 0.645 (0.0949) 0.161 (0.0292) 0.749 (0.113) 5 5.20 (0.709) 0.872 (0.142) 0.225 (0.0487) 1.02 (0.174) 6 and over 14.5 (1.46) 3.24 (0.452) 1.18 (0.228) 4.16 (0.641) Table 10: Nutritional poverty estimates by quintile age of head (%)
Age of head (years) Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Poverty Measure Up to 37 6.33 (0.800) 1.29 (0.219) 0.425 (0.112) 1.63 (0.321) 38 - 45 6.73 (0.744) 1.16 (0.168) 0.316 (0.0576) 1.37 (0.205) 46 - 52 4.37 (0.673) 0.907 (0.189) 0.323 (0.0920) 1.15 (0.261) 53 - 61 3.90 (0.684) 0.687 (0.173) 0.192 (0.0706) 0.816 (0.222) Over 61 6.32 (1.03) 1.38 (0.337) 0.486 (0.178) 1.77 (0.486) 11: Nutritional poverty estimates by type of building (%) Type of Building Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Watts Poverty Measure Detached 5.65 (0.449) 1.13 (0.125) 0.378 (0.0610) 1.42 (0.176) 4.83 (0.701) 0.794 (0.153) 0.203 (0.0494) 0.924 (0.184) Other 7.21 (1.68) 1.63 (0.457) 0.479 (0.164) 1.95 (0.565) Table 12: Nutritional poverty estimates by tenure (%) Tenure Head-Count Index Poverty Gap Measure Poverty Severity Measure Watts Poverty Measure Owned 5.46 (0.418) 1.07 (0.115) 0.343 (0.0531) 1.32 (0.157) Free 5.82 (1.02) 1.28 (0.295) 0.422 (0.134) 1.59 (0.399) Rented 5.85 (1.51) 0.838 (0.254) 0.186 (0.0703) 0.952 (0.296)
Mr. José Allet Acting Project Manager Trust Mrs. S. Ramkisson Officer Trust Mr. S. Director DCP Mr. Janaab Mownah System Analyst MOFEE Mrs. Shahnaz Amodine Higher Social Security Officer MSS Mrs. Sareeta Vythilingum Higher Social Security Officer. MSS Dr. Sorefan Consultant MSS Mr. N. Muneesamy Programme Officer UNDP Mr. A. Kitchen UNDP Mr. A. Project Manager UNDP Mr. F. Fatadin Deputy Commissioner MSS Mr. J.K. Sobhee Acting CAB Coordinator Ministry of and NDU Mr. T. Bhoyroo Assistant Commissioner MSS Andy Neill Expert European Union Mrs. Lynne D. Sherburne-Benz Sector Manager The World Bank Mr. Robert S. Chase Team Leader The World Bank