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Table 18 : Distribution of Individuals by Sector of Employment and Poverty groups(2002)
%Poor %Non-
Poor
Objective Poverty Subjective Poverty
%All Poverty
Rate
%Poor %Non-
Poor
%All Poverty
Rate
Government 13.54 26.25 23.93 10.33 23.74 24.00 23.93 27.69
Economic agencies 0.19 0.49 0.44 8.00 0.63 0.36 0.44 40.00
Public sector 1.83 4.03 3.63 9.18 3.64 3.62 3.63 28.02
Private sector 84.15 68.78 71.58 21.45 71.55 71.60 71.58 27.90
Cooperative 0.00 0.17 0.14 0.00 0.19 0.12 0.14 37.50
NGOs 0.19 0.09 0.11 33.33 0.19 0.07 0.11 50.00
Foreign/Joint venture 0.10 0.19 0.18 10.00 0.06 0.22 0.18 10.00
Total 100 100 100 20.40 100 100 100 31.82
Source: SPSC (2003)
Table 19: Demographic Characteristics by Poverty Status
%Poor
Objective Poverty Subjective Poverty
%Non-
Poor
%All P0
%Poor
%Non-
Poor
%All P0
Gender of household head
Male headed 1.53 88.63 89.22 20.93 86.19 9.64 89.22 30.74
Female headed 8.47 11.37 10.78 16.03 13.81 9.36 10.78 40.78
Total 100 100 100 20.4 100 100 100 31.82
Demographic characteristics
Household size 6.46 4.28 4.60 4.65 4.55 4.60
Share of children 38.64 30.49 32.16 33.15 31.69 32.16
Share
males
of adult
31.66 32.91 32.66 31.47 33.21 32.66
Share of
females
adult
27.40 32.21 31.23 31.15 31.27 31.23
Share of elderly 2.29 4.38 3.96 4.23 3.83 3.96
Source: SPSC (2003)