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POVERTY OF NORTH SUMATRA MARCH 2017

Release Date	:	August 1, 2017
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Abstract

The number of poor people in North Sumatera in March 2017 was 1,453,870 people (10,22%), or down only 0,05 percent compared to September 2016 population of 1,452,550 people (10,27%).
The urban poor population in March 2017 was 9.80 percent, up from September's 9.69 percent in September 2016. On the other hand, the poor in rural areas, from 10.86 percent in September 2016 fell to 10.66 percent in March 2017.
In March 2017, the North Sumatra poverty line totaled Rp.411,345 per capita per month. For urban areas, the poverty line is Rp.425.693, - and for rural areas Rp.396.033, - per capita per month.
In the period September 2016 - March 2017, the Poverty Depth Index (P1) and Poverty Severity Index (P2) showed a downward trend. P1 fell from 1.957 in September 2016 to 1.714 in March 2017, and P2 fell from 0.559 in September 2016 to 0.445 in March 2017. This indicates that the average spending of the poor tends to be closer to the poverty line and the level of inequality in the expenditure of the poor decreases .

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