This paper presents some statistical issues and possible solutions in the estimation of Philippine Poverty Statistics … consistent with population projections. -- household weights ; survey weights ; poverty statistics ; poverty magnitude ; FE …

In response to high demands for lower level poverty estimates, the National Statistical Coordination Board releases … coefficients of variation (CV) of several provincial estimates indicate that the resulting poverty measures are not reliable …. Making a decision based on unreliable poverty statistics is very risky especially if the decision to be made relates to the …