Poverty Line Estimation in Khuzestan Province (1997-2006)

Considering the importance of poverty in economic development issues and the necessity to study in this field the purpose of this paper is to estimate poverty line in Khuzestan province from 1997 to 2006. Therefore, by calculation of food matrix, the amount of received energy in different deciles has been measured and then the absolute poverty line for urban and rural areas based on calories has been estimated. The results revealed that during the mentioned period, absolute poverty line both in urban and rural areas has increased, but the increase in urban areas is more than the increase in rural areas.