| 14.15 Number and Proportion of Population Below Recommended Calorie Intake and "Hard Core" Poverty Lines by Residence | ||||
| Year | Poverty line I | Poverty line II | ||
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| Absolute number of poor (million) | ||||
| 1981-82 | 6.4 | 60.9 | 3.0 | 43.1 |
| 1983-84 | 7.1 | 47.0 | 3.8 | 31.3 |
| 1985-86 | 7.0 | 44.2 | 2.4 | 19.1 |
| 1988-89 | 6.3 | 43.4 | 3.5 | 26.0 |
| 1991-92 | 6.8 | 44.8 | 3.8 | 26.5 |
| 1995-96 | 9.6 | 45.7 | 5.2 | 23.9 |
| Percentage of poor | ||||
| 1981-82 | 66.0 | 73.8 | 30.7 | 52.2 |
| 1983-84 | 66.0 | 57.0 | 35.0 | 38.0 |
| 1985-86 | 56.0 | 51.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 |
| 1988-89 | 47.6 | 48.0 | 26.4 | 28.6 |
| 1991-92 | 46.7 | 47.8 | 26.2 | 28.3 |
| 1995-96 | 49.7 | 47.1 | 27.3 | 24.6 |
| * Figures were estimated on the basis of direct calorie intake method. Note : a) Poverty line I = Recommended intake (2122 k.cals/day/person.) b) Poverty line II = 'Hard core' poverty : 1805, k.cals/day/person. | ||||
| Source : Report of the Bangladesh Household Expenditure Survey, 1985-86,1988-89, 1991-92 and 1995-96, BBS. | ||||