LIS Inequality and Poverty Key Figures - Programs

For those interested in duplicating or revising the Inequality and Poverty Key Figures, the programs used to generate these Key Figures are provided below.

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Programs

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SPSS SAS Stata
Income Inequality Measures
Gini
Atkinson Coefficient (epsilon=0.5)
Atkinson Coefficient (epsilon=1.0)
Percentile Ratio (90/10)
Percentile Ratio (90/50)
Percentile Ratio (80/20)
Gini
atkinson0.5
atkinson1.0
percentile
all Key Figures giniatkin
Relative Poverty Rates for the Total Population, Children and the Elderly
Relative Poverty Rates - Total Population (40%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Total Population (50%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Total Population (60%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Children (40%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Children (50%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Children (60%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Elderly (40%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Elderly (50%)
Relative Poverty Rates - Elderly (60%)
poverty all Key Figures poverty
Distribution of Children living in Different Income Households
Distribution of Children by income group (50-75%)
Distribution of Children by income group (75-150%)
Distribution of Children by income group (above 150%)
na all Key Figures chtypdis
Poverty Rates for Children by Family Type
Children Poverty Rates - Two Parents Family (50%)
Children Poverty Rates - Single Mother Family (50%)
% Children living in Single Mother Family
na all Key Figures chtypdis
Bootstrap standard errors on Income inequality and relative poverty rates
Gini
Poverty overall
Child
Elderly
na na gini
poverty

The figures we report have been computed with SAS except for Bootstrap standard errors (Stata)