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Table 1 Inequality indicators. Distribution of household per capita income Value, standard error, and confidence interval

From: A short episodic history of income distribution in Argentina

 

Gini coefficient

Theil

CV

A(2)

Income ratios

Share of deciles

 

Value

95% interval

Deciles

Centiles

 

Lower

Upper

10/1

90/10

95/5

95/50

50/5

95/80

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Greater Buenos Aires

 1974

0.345

0.337

0.358

0.216

0.845

0.411

9.5

4.9

7.4

2.7

2.7

1.6

2.8

4.4

5.4

6.5

7.6

8.9

10.4

12.3

15.5

26.3

 1980

0.393

0.385

0.400

0.267

0.845

0.646

13.0

6.4

10.7

3.2

3.3

1.7

2.2

3.7

4.7

5.8

7.0

8.4

10.0

12.5

16.5

29.2

 1986

0.422

0.414

0.428

0.327

1.030

0.450

15.6

6.7

12.2

3.5

3.5

1.9

2.1

3.4

4.4

5.5

6.7

8.0

9.7

12.0

16.2

32.0

 1988

0.456

0.449

0.463

0.375

1.103

0.545

21.7

9.1

17.3

3.9

4.4

2.0

1.6

2.8

4.0

5.1

6.3

7.7

9.6

12.3

16.7

34.0

 1991

0.465

0.444

0.478

0.452

1.569

0.498

19.8

7.5

14.3

4.0

3.6

2.0

1.8

3.1

4.1

5.0

6.1

7.2

8.9

11.4

15.9

36.5

 1992

0.444

0.436

0.452

0.360

1.083

0.500

17.6

7.8

13.5

3.9

3.4

2.0

1.9

3.1

4.2

5.1

6.3

7.7

9.3

12.1

16.6

33.7

15 main cities

 1992

0.450

0.444

0.457

0.370

1.101

0.510

19.0

7.8

15.0

4.0

3.8

2.0

1.8

3.0

4.1

5.1

6.2

7.6

9.4

12.0

16.5

34.1

 1993

0.444

0.439

0.451

0.359

1.077

0.517

19.9

8.1

15.5

3.7

4.2

1.9

1.7

3.0

4.1

5.2

6.4

7.9

9.6

12.3

16.6

33.1

 1994

0.453

0.446

0.460

0.378

1.112

0.510

19.7

8.2

15.1

3.9

3.9

1.9

1.7

2.9

4.0

5.1

6.3

7.7

9.5

12.1

16.4

34.2

 1995

0.481

0.476

0.488

0.430

1.205

0.569

25.8

9.6

20.4

4.3

4.7

2.1

1.4

2.7

3.7

4.8

6.0

7.3

9.0

11.6

16.7

36.7

 1996

0.486

0.478

0.493

0.442

1.260

0.607

26.5

10.1

20.0

4.3

4.6

2.0

1.4

2.6

3.6

4.7

5.9

7.3

9.2

11.9

16.9

36.5

 1997

0.483

0.477

0.488

0.422

1.145

0.586

26.7

10.5

21.5

4.4

4.9

2.1

1.4

2.6

3.6

4.7

6.0

7.3

9.2

12.0

17.2

36.1

 1998

0.502

0.494

0.510

0.471

1.300

0.608

30.2

11.2

22.8

4.6

4.9

2.1

1.2

2.4

3.4

4.5

5.7

7.0

9.0

12.0

17.1

37.7

28 main cities

 1998

0.502

0.496

0.508

0.472

1.307

0.605

29.9

11.1

23.0

4.6

5.0

2.1

1.3

2.4

3.4

4.5

5.6

7.1

9.0

11.9

16.9

37.8

 1999

0.491

0.484

0.496

0.442

1.213

0.606

28.0

10.9

21.3

4.3

4.9

2.1

1.3

2.5

3.5

4.6

5.8

7.3

9.2

12.0

17.0

36.8

 2000

0.504

0.498

0.509

0.464

1.231

0.646

32.3

11.9

24.8

4.6

5.4

2.1

1.2

2.3

3.3

4.4

5.6

7.2

9.1

12.2

17.4

37.4

 2001

0.522

0.516

0.527

0.497

1.263

0.675

40.0

13.9

31.8

5.0

6.3

2.2

1.0

2.1

3.1

4.1

5.4

6.9

9.0

12.0

17.4

39.0

 2002

0.533

0.526

0.540

0.530

1.356

0.657

39.4

14.3

30.5

5.2

5.9

2.3

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.1

5.4

6.8

8.7

11.6

17.2

40.3

 2003

0.528

0.521

0.536

0.518

1.343

0.637

34.8

13.5

25.7

5.1

5.0

2.2

1.1

2.1

3.0

4.0

5.2

6.8

8.8

11.9

17.3

39.8

EPHC

 2003-II *

0.541

0.526

0.561

0.656

3.355

0.668

40.4

13.3

28.0

5.0

5.6

2.2

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.2

6.6

8.5

11.5

16.6

41.6

 2003-II

0.530

0.524

0.537

0.539

1.488

0.664

38.7

13.8

28.5

5.0

5.8

2.2

1.0

2.1

3.0

4.1

5.3

6.7

8.8

11.8

17.1

40.0

 2004-I

0.515

0.505

0.530

0.522

1.800

0.625

32.7

12.2

25.7

4.7

5.4

2.2

1.2

2.3

3.3

4.2

5.4

7.0

8.9

11.8

16.8

38.0

 2004-II

0.504

0.497

0.512

0.478

1.360

0.624

32.7

12.0

26.0

4.5

5.8

2.0

1.1

2.3

3.3

4.4

5.7

7.2

9.1

12.0

17.1

37.6

 2005-I

0.511

0.503

0.518

0.497

1.384

0.635

34.1

12.1

26.1

4.7

5.6

2.1

1.1

2.3

3.3

4.4

5.6

7.1

9.0

11.7

16.7

38.7

 2005-II

0.504

0.498

0.511

0.492

1.469

0.627

32.8

11.8

25.3

4.4

5.7

2.1

1.1

2.3

3.3

4.5

5.8

7.3

9.1

11.8

16.7

37.7

 2006-I

0.488

0.480

0.494

0.442

1.249

0.614

30.9

11.4

24.1

4.2

5.7

2.0

1.2

2.4

3.5

4.6

6.0

7.5

9.4

12.2

17.0

36.1

 2006-II

0.483

0.478

0.491

0.431

1.308

0.617

29.9

11.0

24.2

4.2

5.7

2.0

1.2

2.5

3.6

4.7

6.0

7.6

9.6

12.3

16.9

35.7

  1. Confidence intervals computed using bootstrap methods with 200 replications
  2. * Computed using the same sample weights as before the methodological changes of 2003