Poverty by Gender of Household Head, 2006 and 2016

	Poverty Headcount Rate %			Distribution of the Poor %			Distribution of Population %
	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change
Gender of the household head				Poverty line = povline
Male	28.0	21.1	-6.9	53.9	48.2	-5.7	55.8	57.3	1.5
Female	30.2	30.4	0.2	46.1	51.8	5.7	44.2	42.7	-1.5
Total	28.8	25.0	-3.8	100.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Source: SLC/HBS 2006 and 2016, Central Statistical Office