Table 4 Inequity ratio of monthly per capita consumer expenditure of least vulnerable households to most vulnerable labourer households for food and non-food items in less developed states of India, 2004–05 and 2009-10*

1.25

1.42

13.6

1.54

1.69

10

[1.22-1.29]

[1.35-1.49]

[1.45-1.62]

[1.60-1.78]

1.22

1.24

1.6

1.45

1.48

1.9

[1.20-1.25]

[1.20-1.29]

[1.39-1.52]

[1.41-1.55]

1.29

1.48

14.7

1.88

1.82

−2.9

[1.19-1.39]

[1.41-1.55]

[1.56-2.19]

[1.71-1.92]

1.38

1.31

−5.1

1.56

1.49

−4.4

[1.33-1.42]

[1.24-1.38]

[1.43-1.69]

[1.41-1.58]

1.41

1.34

−5

1.64

1.86

13.2

[1.37-1.45]

[1.25-1.43]

[1.55-1.74]

[1.68-2.03]

1.43

1.35

−5.6

1.83

1.67

−8.9

[1.39-1.47]

[1.29-1.41]

[1.73-1.94]

[1.59-1.74]

1.35

1.21

−10.4

1.34

1.43

6.7

[1.30-1.39]

[1.15-1.26]

[1.20-1.48]

[1.33-1.53]

1.28

1.23

−3.9

1.54

1.48

−3.6

[1.25-1.28]

[1.18-1.28]

[1.42-1.65]

[1.40-1.55]

1.38

1.9

37.7

1.42

4.49

216.2

[1.30-1.46]

[1.65-2.14]

[1.13-1.71]

[4.06-4.92]