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The Headcount Index of poverty measurement is based on:
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- 1The vertical inequality of income across all deciles.
- 2The income distribution among the bottom billion population.
- 3The proportionate gap between the average level of income below the poverty line and the poverty line itself.
- 4The proportion of the population that falls below the poverty line.✓
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The proportion of the population that falls below the poverty line.
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