Family expenditures - refer to the expenses or disbursements made by the family purely for personal consumption during the calendar year 1997.  They exclude all expenses in relation to farm or business operation, investment ventures, purchase of real property and other disbursements which do not involve personal consumption.

Income from other sources - include imputed rental values of owner-occupied dwelling units, interests, rentals including landowner's share of agricultural products, pensions, support and the value of food and non-food items received as gifts by the family (as well as the imputed value of services rendered free of charge to the family).

Magnitude of the Poor - the number of families or the population whose annual per capita income falls below the subsistence/poverty threshold.

Per capita income - is obtained by dividing the total family income by the total number of family members.

Poverty Incidence - proportion of families/population whose annual per capita income falls below the annual per capita poverty threshold to the total number of families/population.

Poverty Threshold – annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy nutritional requirements (2,000 Kcal) and other basic needs.

Primary income - includes salaries and wages, commissions, tips, bonuses, family and clothing allowance, transportation and representation allowances, honoraria, and other forms of compensation and net receipts derived from the operation of family-operated enterprises/activities and the practice of a profession or trade. 

Subsistence Incidence - proportion of families/population whose annual per capita income falls below the annual per capita food/subsistence threshold to the total number of families/population.

Subsistence and Food Threshold – annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy nutritional requirements (2,000 Kcal).

Total family income - includes primary income and receipts from other sources received by all family members during the calendar year 1991 as participants in any economic activity or as recipients of transfers, pensions, grants, etc.