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Discussion<br />

1. “all income group” vs. “bottom 30% income group”<br />

- The food basket of the “all income group” is more<br />

diverse, resulting to higher food cost / inflated food<br />

threshold, than that of the “bottom 30% income group.”<br />

- The estimates of food poor tend to be inflated when food<br />

threshold is derived from the food basket of the “all<br />

income group” compared to “bottom 30% income group”<br />

- 92% higher for incidence of urban food poor, 43%<br />

higher for incidence of rural food poor, 77% higher for<br />

the overall incidence of food poverty.

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