POVERTY LEVEL IN 2009 IN DKI JAKARTA

The number of poor people (the population under the poverty line) in Jakarta in March 2009 amounted to 323.17 thousand (3.62 percent). Compared with the poor in March 2008 that amounted to 379.6 thousand (4.29 percent), mean number of poor decreased amounted to 56.45 thousand. This is caused partly by:

In January - March 2009 deflation of 0.13 percent UMP in Jakarta there was an increase of 972,645 rupiahs in 2008 to 1,069,865 in 2009 dollars Level of accuracy to the household division of raskin target increases.
Line Kemisknan (GK) in 2009 amounted to Rp. 316 936, - per capita per month GK higher than in 2008 which amounted to Rp. 290 268, - per capita per months.
Composition of Poverty Line shows that the Food Poverty Line amounting to Rp 204,248 (64.44 percent) and Non-Food Poverty Line for Rp. 112 688 (35.56 percent).
Commodity foods that greatly affect the value of Poverty Line is rice, egg and noodles. Influential non-food commodities greatly to the poverty line is the cost of housing and transportation.
The situation in 2009 compared with the situation in 2008

The poverty rate (P0) fell 0.67 points from 4.29 percent to
3.62 percent
Average expenditure gap of each poor towards the poverty line (P1) decreased from 0.72 to 0.57.
Inequality poor expenditure (P2) narrowed namely from 0.19 to 0.14.

Development of Poverty Level March 2008-March 2009:
The number of poor people in Jakarta in March 2009 was 323.17
thousand persons (3.62 percent). Compared with the poor in March
2008 amounted to 379.6 thousand persons (4.29 percent), mean number of poor people
decreased by 57.45 thousand (0.67 percent). This is caused partly by:
a In January - March 2009 deflation of 0.13 percent
b UMP in Jakarta there was an increase of 972,645 rupiahs in
2008 to 1,069,865 in 2009 dollars
c The precision of the division raskin to poor households
increases.