Khazanah Research Institute's senior research associate Hawati Abdul Hamid said the current practice of using the Bottom 40 (B40) households to describe the poor had not been adjusted to account for different household sizes -- household incomes were not “equivalised” or standardised for varying household sizes.
KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) has proposed an alternative demarcation of households by adopting disposable or net income in measuring households’ economic well-being, taking into account income disparities in different locations and factoring in household sizes to better compare living standards.
Its senior research associate Hawati Abdul Hamid said the current practice of using the Bottom 40 (B40) households to describe the poor had not been adjusted to account for different household sizes -- household incomes were not “equivalised” or standardised for varying household sizes.
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