households are likely to be poor. Thus, it is necessary to establish an independent estimate as to what constitutes an adequate income to avoid poverty and hardship, and then relate that poverty measure to an independent statistical source. This paper sets out the New Zealand Poverty Measurement Project's method of establishing a poverty line (Frater, Stephens and Waldegrave forthcoming). Focus groups are used to establish that poverty measure, by asking households to determine an income level which…
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