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Current NISR weights
10- 13- 16- 20- 40- 50- 60-
<1 1-3 4-6 7-9 70+
12 15 19 39 49 59 69
M 0.41 0.56 0.76 0.91 0.97 0.97 1.02 1.00 0.95 0.90 0.80 0.70
F 1.08 1.13 1.05
Uganda weights
10- 12- 14- 16- 18- 30-
<1 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-9 11 13 15 17 29 59 60+
M 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8
F 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
The choice of scale makes some difference, as the figure below shows. The
suggested scale (thin black line) would give somewhat less weight to children
and to women than the current NISR scale. The poverty line would also have
to be adjusted, if a different scale is used, and explorations of the implications
of this for the pattern of poverty are on-going.

Adult caloric equivalences for males, by age
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
Suggested
0.4 Current NISR
Uganda
0.2
Suggested, total
0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+

Adult caloric equivalences for females, by age
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
Suggested
0.4 Current NISR
Uganda
0.2
Selected, total
0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+

5. Establishing a poverty line
Like many countries, Rwanda uses a cost-of-basic-needs approach to
establish a poverty line. It begins with the
In setting its poverty line, Rwanda uses a cost-of-basic-needs approach,
which first defines the number of calories that are needed for an adequate diet
for an adult (2,500 kcals per day), and then adds a non-food component.
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