Guatemala
The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for Guatemala is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the National Poverty line, Food Poverty Line, 150% of National, 200% of National, USAID "Extreme" Poverty line, $1.25/day 2005 PPP line, $2.50/day 2005 PPP line, $3.75/day 2005 PPP line, and $5.00/day 2005 PPP line. The PPI uses 10 simple indicators that field workers can quickly collect and verify. Scores can be computed by hand on paper in real time. The PPI can help programs target services, track changes in poverty over time, and report on poverty rates.
Indicators in the PPI are based on Guatemala's 2006 Living Standards Measurement Survey (ENCOVI, Encuesta nacional de Condiciones de Vida). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Guatemala was created in May 2010.
* This description is taken from: The Progress out of Poverty Index®: A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Guatemala, Mark Schreiner and Gary Woller.
PPI® Toolkit for Guatemala
- PPI Indicators and Lookup Table: Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table for Guatemala.
- PPI Tarjeta de Puntaje y Tabla de Probabilidades: Indicadores específicos del PPI y tablas de probabilidad asociadas para generar las probabilidades y las tasas de pobreza.
- PPI Interpretation of Indicators: Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on the 2006 Living Standards Measurement Survey (ENCOVI, Encuesta nacional de Condiciones de Vida).
- PPI Interpretacion de Indicadores: Principales definiciones oficiales para cada indicador de la tarjeta de puntaje tomadas del manual del encuestador de la Encuesta nactional de Condiciones de Vida de 2006. Added March 2012.
- PPI Sample Size Calculator: This document allows users to determine a sample size with precision levels of their choice. It also enables users to determine the precision levels for a given sample size (N). Updated February 2012.
- PPI Calculador del Tamaño de la Muestra: Fórmula específica para cada país que estima el nivel de precisión de los resultados y determina el tamaño de la muestra basado en el intervalo y nivel de confianza deseados. Created March 2012.
- PPI Design Documentation Memo: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design for Guatemala, written by Mark Schreiner and Gary Woller.
- PPI Documentación de Diseño - Figuras: Información de carácter técnico sobre el diseño y la construcción del PPI escrito por Mark Schreiner.
