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. 2013 Oct 15;12:84. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-84

Table 4.

Inequity ratio of monthly per capita consumer expenditure of least vulnerable households to most vulnerable labourer households for food and non-food items in less developed states of India, 2004–05 and 2009-10*

 
Inequity ratio for food expenditure
Percent change in inequity ratio Inequity ratio for non-food expenditure
Percent change in inequity ratio
[95% confidence interval]
[95% confidence interval]
  2004-05 2009-10 2004-05 2009-10
Assam
1.25
1.42
13.6
1.54
1.69
10
 
[1.22-1.29]
[1.35-1.49]
 
[1.45-1.62]
[1.60-1.78]
 
Bihar
1.22
1.24
1.6
1.45
1.48
1.9
 
[1.20-1.25]
[1.20-1.29]
 
[1.39-1.52]
[1.41-1.55]
 
Chhattisgarh
1.29
1.48
14.7
1.88
1.82
−2.9
 
[1.19-1.39]
[1.41-1.55]
 
[1.56-2.19]
[1.71-1.92]
 
Jharkhand
1.38
1.31
−5.1
1.56
1.49
−4.4
 
[1.33-1.42]
[1.24-1.38]
 
[1.43-1.69]
[1.41-1.58]
 
Madhya Pradesh
1.41
1.34
−5
1.64
1.86
13.2
 
[1.37-1.45]
[1.25-1.43]
 
[1.55-1.74]
[1.68-2.03]
 
Odisha
1.43
1.35
−5.6
1.83
1.67
−8.9
 
[1.39-1.47]
[1.29-1.41]
 
[1.73-1.94]
[1.59-1.74]
 
Rajasthan
1.35
1.21
−10.4
1.34
1.43
6.7
 
[1.30-1.39]
[1.15-1.26]
 
[1.20-1.48]
[1.33-1.53]
 
Uttar Pradesh
1.28
1.23
−3.9
1.54
1.48
−3.6
 
[1.25-1.28]
[1.18-1.28]
 
[1.42-1.65]
[1.40-1.55]
 
Uttaranchal
1.38
1.9
37.7
1.42
4.49
216.2
  [1.30-1.46] [1.65-2.14]   [1.13-1.71] [4.06-4.92]  

*Computed from NSSO’s consumer expenditure surveys in 2004–05 and 2009–10.