Bootstrap Standard Errors

Warnings

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Country Year Standard Errors for Gini Coefficient Standard errors for
Relative Poverty Rates
Poverty Line - 50 percent of median
Total Population Children Elderly
Australia 1981 0.0019 0.30 0.52 0.85
1985 0.0030 0.46 0.77 1.09
1989 0.0024 0.31 0.59 0.78
1995 0.0038 0.43 0.74 1.06
2001 0.0042 0.47 0.89 1.06
2003 0.0031 0.36 0.70 0.90
Austria 1987 0.0026 0.29 0.43 0.71
1994 0.0061 0.59 1.03 1.28
1995 0.0019 0.29 0.59 0.48
1997 0.0056 0.65 1.26 1.24
2000 0.0057 0.62 1.42 1.43
Belgium 1985 0.0026 0.30 0.50 0.88
1988 0.0041 0.37 0.68 0.99
1992 0.0032 0.63 0.90 1.21
1995 0.0068 0.70 1.34 1.73
1997 0.0036 0.50 0.88 1.14
2000 0.0081 0.74 1.29 1.80
Canada 1971 0.0020 0.25 0.44 0.67
1975 0.0017 0.24 0.42 0.79
1981 0.0022 0.37 0.68 1.06
1987 0.0035 0.45 0.79 0.84
1991 0.0030 0.34 0.71 0.42
1994 0.0016 0.20 0.42 0.27
1997 0.0018 0.23 0.45 0.28
1998 0.0027 0.29 0.60 0.48
2000 0.0028 0.29 0.54 0.34
Czech R. 1992 0.0023 0.11 0.18 0.29
1996 0.0022 0.17 0.31 0.27
Denmark 1987 0.0024 0.27 0.44 0.87
1992 0.0025 0.22 0.44 0.56
1995 0.0008 0.07 0.13 0.22
2000 0.0009 0.07 0.14 0.23
2004 0.0007 0.08 0.16 0.19
Estonia 2000 0.0051 0.45 0.77 0.84
Finland 1987 0.0017 0.23 0.33 0.89
1991 0.0016 0.23 0.22 0.90
1995 0.0027 0.23 0.28 0.69
2000 0.0032 0.28 0.38 0.86
France 1979 0.0034 0.34 0.56 0.66
1981 0.0053 0.57 0.54 *
1984(a) 0.0030 0.36 0.60 0.59
1984(b) 0.0028 0.30 0.55 0.87
1989 0.0033 0.34 0.57 0.80
1994 0.0028 0.30 0.48 0.58
2000 0.0027 0.29 0.54 0.60
Germany 1973 0.0014 0.13 0.18 0.47
1978 0.0016 0.14 0.17 0.54
1981 0.0050 0.48 0.56 1.38
1983 0.0016 0.16 0.27 0.54
1984 0.0052 0.47 0.92 1.35
1989 0.0056 0.45 0.72 1.24
1994 0.0053 0.43 0.89 1.10
2000 0.0035 0.37 0.77 0.72
Greece 1995 0.0048 0.57 0.96 1.19
2000 0.0059 0.67 1.21 1.27
Hungary 1991 0.0072 0.70 1.13 1.40
1994 0.0075 0.75 1.42 1.13
1999 0.0075 0.60 0.13 0.67
Ireland 1987 0.0058 1.00 1.09 1.43
1994 0.0074 0.84 1.34 1.88
1995 0.0085 1.03 1.73 2.03
1996 0.0080 1.12 1.95 2.44
2000 0.0108 1.19 1.94 2.80
Israel 1979 0.0056 0.89 1.27 2.51
1986 0.0033 0.59 0.88 1.45
1992 0.0038 0.57 0.88 1.21
1997 0.0042 0.61 0.53 0.85
2001 0.0042 0.63 1.00 1.30
Italy 1986 0.0046 0.51 0.84 1.06
1987 0.0047 0.61 1.04 1.28
1989 0.0043 0.48 0.77 1.12
1991 0.0043 0.47 1.00 1.16
1993 0.0044 0.64 1.37 0.96
1995 0.0050 0.60 1.34 0.94
1998 0.0070 0.62 1.25 1.02
2000 0.0048 0.59 1.35 0.87
Luxembourg 1985 0.0042 0.55 1.01 1.72
1991 0.0061 0.71 1.51 2.51
1994 0.0049 0.53 1.01 1.29
1997 0.0050 0.61 1.34 1.08
2000 0.0051 0.78 1.33 0.95
Mexico 1984 0.0077 0.91 1.19 2.35
1989 0.0057 0.72 0.90 1.49
1992 0.0059 0.64 0.87 1.64
1994 0.0048 0.61 0.80 1.72
1996 0.0043 0.51 0.68 1.32
1998 0.0048 0.57 0.78 1.41
2000 0.0065 0.64 0.89 1.45
2002 0.0057 0.54 0.74 1.41
Netherlands 1983 0.0084 0.32 0.43 0.63
1987 0.0041 0.42 0.85 0.14
1991 0.0049 0.42 0.84 0.67
1994 0.0035 0.45 0.77 0.73
1999 0.0041 0.55 0.97 0.51
Norway 1979 0.0025 0.26 0.42 0.49
1986 0.0030 0.37 0.56 1.27
1991 0.0042 0.43 0.76 1.20
1995 0.0037 0.30 0.47 0.89
2000 0.0035 0.24 0.39 0.91
Poland 1986 0.0026 0.32 0.52 0.73
1992 0.0037 0.47 0.80 0.89
1995 0.0021 0.21 0.39 0.33
1999 0.0018 0.23 0.43 0.30
Romania 1995 0.0020 0.21 0.41 0.35
1997 0.0023 0.19 0.37 0.37
Russia 1992 0.0049 0.56 0.97 1.20
1995 0.0065 0.64 1.23 1.22
2000 0.0068 0.79 1.27 1.02
Slovak Rep. 1992 0.0018 0.11 0.17 0.21
1996 0.0041 0.29 (na) (na)
Slovenia 1997 0.0043 0.59 1.07 1.45
1999 0.0040 0.48 0.84 1.40
Spain 1980 0.0025 0.28 0.39 0.58
1990 0.0027 0.28 0.47 0.47
1995 0.0047 0.55 0.97 0.83
>2000 0.0055 0.56 1.14 1.11
Sweden 1975 0.0021 0.35 0.18 1.47
1981 0.0022 0.32 0.46 0.71
1987 0.0023 0.33 0.33 1.11
1992 0.0022 0.27 0.40 0.87
1995 0.0021 0.21 0.29 0.27
2000 0.0025 0.22 0.45 0.39
Switzerland 1982 0.0051 0.34 0.57 1.12
1992 0.0053 0.45 0.85 0.61
2000 0.0053 0.57 1.07 1.48
2002 0.0057 0.51 0.85 1.59
Taiwan 1981 0.0019 0.21 0.29 0.75
1986 0.0020 0.20 0.27 0.62
1991 0.0020 0.22 0.29 0.73
1995 0.0021 0.22 0.30 0.70
1997 0.0022 0.26 0.39 0.76
2000 0.0023 0.27 0.38 0.75
U.K. 1969 0.0032 0.33 0.51 0.86
1974 0.0033 0.40 0.62 1.15
1979 0.0031 0.40 0.62 0.94
1986 0.0032 0.46 0.76 0.53
1991 0.0039 0.59 0.90 0.95
1994 0.0024 0.28 0.44 0.41
1995 0.0043 0.53 1.00 0.83
1999 0.0023 0.23 0.48 0.47
U.S. 1974 0.0027 0.36 0.76 0.95
1979 0.0023 0.38 0.67 0.93
1986 0.0026 0.43 0.86 0.90
1991 0.0012 0.21 0.37 0.38
1994 0.0014 0.19 0.43 0.38
1997 0.0019 0.19 0.41 0.43
2000 0.0021 0.21 0.41 0.45