Some factors influencing the comparability and reliability of poverty estimates across household surveys
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poverty; income; expenditure; recall method; diary method; imputations; ASSA model; South Africa;All these keywords.
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- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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