Match the following:
| 1. | Usually poor | A.Transient poor | |
| 2. | Churning poor | B.Proxy for income of households to identify poor | |
| 3. | Never poor | C.Chronic poor | |
| 4. | Monthly per capita expenditure | D.Non-poor | |
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is option 3: 1- C, 2- A, 3- D, 4- B
| 1. | Usually poor | C.Chronic poor | |
| 2. | Churning poor | A.Transient poor | |
| 3. | Never poor | D.Non-poor | |
| 4. | Monthly per capita expenditure | B.Proxy for income of households to identify poor | |
There are many ways to categorise poverty. In one such way people who are always poor and those who are usually poor but who may sometimes have a little more money (example: casual workers) are grouped together as the chronic poor. Another group are the churning poor who regularly move in and out of poverty (example: small farmers and seasonal workers) and the occasionally poor who are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck. They are called the transient poor. And then, there are those who are never poor and they are the non-poor.
The government uses Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) as a proxy for the income of households to identify the poor.
