Table 6.

Estimated transitional probabilities on poverty in Altamira study area, 1997/98 – income-based vs. multidimensional measures of poverty

Per capita household total income			Multidimensional welfare
			All settlers		Original settlers		New owners
			Poor	Non-Poor	Poor	Non-Poor	Poor	Non-Poor
2/3 Median
All Settlers	Poor	2/3 Median	0.5414	0.4586	–	–	–	–
	Non-Poor		0.2749	0.7251	–	–	–	–
Original Settlers	Poor		–	–	0.5897	0.4103	–	–
	Non-Poor		–	–	0.2623	0.7377	–	–
New Owners	Poor		–	–	–	–	0.5213	0.4787
	Non-Poor		–	–	–	–	0.2818	0.7182
1/2 Median
All Settlers	Poor	1/2 Median	0.4836	0.5164	–	–	–	–
	Non-Poor		0.2802	0.7198	–	–	–	–
Original Settlers	Poor		–	–	0.5278	0.4722	–	–
	Non-Poor		–	–	0.2813	0.7188	–	–
New Owners	Poor		–	–	–	–	0.4651	0.5349
	Non-Poor		–	–	–	–	0.2797	0.7203

Altamira Dataset (1997, 1998)

Sample restricted to valid income and multidimensional welfare index cases (304 observations)