[{"Meta":"Dataset","Value":"Poverty line in South Africa, 2006 to present","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Sources","Value":"National Poverty Lines, Statistics South Africa","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Date Collected","Value":"2006 to present","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Notes","Value":"Notes on this dataset","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Description","Value":"There are three national poverty lines calculated by Statistics South Africa: the food poverty line, the lower-bound poverty line and the upper-bound poverty line. The food poverty line is the amount it costs to buy the minimum required energy intake for one person for a month. It is also known as the extreme poverty line. The lower-bound poverty line and upper-bound poverty lines include non-food items. See StatsSA for more information.","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Variable","Value":"Description","Notes":"Notes"},{"Meta":"date","Value":"The date associated with the data entry","Notes":""},{"Meta":"food_poverty","Value":"The amount of money (in South African rands) an individual needs to afford the minimum required daily energy intake. Also known as the “extreme” poverty line","Notes":""},{"Meta":"lower_bound","Value":"The food poverty line plus the average amount spent on non-food items by households whose total expenditure equals the food poverty line","Notes":""},{"Meta":"upper_bound","Value":"The food poverty line plus the average amount spent on non-food items by households whose food expenditure equals the food poverty line","Notes":""},{"Meta":"source","Value":"The name of the report from which the data is sourced","Notes":""},{"Meta":"source_link","Value":"The URL linking to the source report","Notes":""},{"Meta":"source_table","Value":"The specific table in the report where the data is located","Notes":""}]