ppiBEN2012: Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Benin

In ppitables: Lookup Tables to Generate Poverty Likelihoods and Rates using the Poverty Probability Index (PPI)

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Benin

Description

Poverty Probability Index (PPI) lookup table for Benin

Usage

ppiBEN2012

Format

A data frame with 7 columns and 101 rows:

score

PPI score

nl100

National poverty line (100%)

nl150

National poverty line (150%)

nl200

National poverty line (200%)

extreme

USAID extreme poverty

ppp125

Below $1.25 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

ppp250

Below $2.50 per day purchasing power parity (2005)

Source

https://www.povertyindex.org

Examples

  # Access Benin PPI table
  ppiBEN2012

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get the row of poverty
  # probabilities from PPI table it corresponds to
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiBEN2012[ppiBEN2012$score == ppiScore, ]

  # Use subset() function to get the row of poverty probabilities corresponding
  # to specific PPI score
  ppiScore <- 50
  subset(ppiBEN2012, score == ppiScore)

  # Given a specific PPI score (from 0 - 100), get a poverty probability
  # based on a specific poverty definition. In this example, the USAID
  # extreme poverty definition
  ppiScore <- 50
  ppiBEN2012[ppiBEN2012$score == ppiScore, "nl100"]

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