Fisher, Monica; Reimer, Jeffrey J.; Carr, Edward R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate … information on household income. Results show that using a husband’s estimate of his wife’s income does not produce statistically … reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife’s income provided by the husband and wife are in agreement in only …