...Bank 2005b). The Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution: a value of 0 represents perfect equality, a value of 100 perfect inequality. Many countries in Southern...

...and the Gini coefficient is used as a measure of income inequality. The Gini coefficient represents the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals or households deviates from a perfectly equal distribution (8). A Gini coefficient of "0" indicates perfect equality...

...Gini index The Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents perfect equality, a value of 100 perfect inequality. Source: World health statistics...

...Half-Century," August 5, 2003: www.afl-cio.org/. 52. Named after Corrado Gini (1884-1965), the Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals or households deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. It ranges from zero, representing perfect equality, to...

...inequality is the Gini index, because it uses the entire distribution of income. A Gini value reflects the extent to which the distribution of income among...country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 would indicate perfect equality and a value of 1 , perfect inequality. The overall pattern...

...Impact on China's Path to Democracy," Democratization 10, no. 2 (Summer 2003): 147. The Gini index "measures the extent to which the distribution of income . . . among individuals or households . . . deviates from a perfectly equal distribution." Zero represents perfect equality and 100 perfect...

...p. 19. 26 The Gini index 'measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution'. Human Development Reports, Understanding the Data, Definitions of Statistical Terms, United Nations...

...measure of test inequality is the standard deviation on the PISA 2003 reading assessment. The GINI index measures the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A GINI index of 0.0 represents perfect equality,...

...income inequality - which measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution - reveals two distinct clusters of post-socialist countries. The first of these includes all the Caucasus...

...of the Gini Index, which "measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution" (Bartelby 2003). Although Curitiba has developed a functional middle class, it has not yet succeeded...