Vulnerability and per capita income
Each graph below is divided into four sections representing the vulnerability cut-off point and poverty
cut-off point at a US $1.00 threshold in Fig. 2 and at a US $1.25 threshold in Fig. 3. Dots in
the graphs represent the interviewed households. Those households in the upper left quadrant are
both currently poor and vulnerable, that is, they are likely to continue to be poor in the future.
Those in the lower left quadrant are households that are currently poor but are not vulnerable.
Those in the upper right quadrant are households that are currently not poor but vulnerable, meaning
that they are likely to be poor in the future. Households that are in the lower right quadrant are
neither currently poor nor vulnerable, meaning that they are less likely to be poor in the future.Comparing Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, it is evident that increasing the threshold of per capita
income
from US $1.00 to US $1.25 decreases the number of households that are not currently vulnerable
and increases the number of households that are vulnerable. This means increasing the per capitaincome threshold results in moving more households into future poverty, regardless of their current
poverty status. However, the increase in the future incidence of poverty due to an increase in the
threshold is more severe among those who are currently poor than among their counterparts who
are not currently poor in all communes, with a higher increase in the number of poor and vulnerable
in poor communes like Tasal, Rolang Chork and Kork.