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TABLE 2. — Periods of initial decline of per capita consumption.

Number of cases when the standard deviation of e is
0.005 0.01 0.02

Zero . .
One year
Two years
Three years
Four years
Other cases

n

15
5

N

4
7
13
11
3
‘9

TABLE 3. — Quartiles of decade growth rates of per capita
consumption ( x 10,000).

[Lower quartile .
Median Coe.
Upper quartile

Lower quartile .
Median ..
Upper auartile

Lower quartile . .
Median . . . . .
Upper auartile .

First Second Third
jecade decade decade

Fourth Fifth
decade decade

g,= 0.005
1959 5626 6494 6747 7095
2184 5730 6738 7014 7283
2433 5885 6880 7954 7483

a, =0.01
718 5462 6330 6475 6976
2166 5672 6818 7010 7344
2664 5980 7109 7489 7759

oc, = 0.02
1231 5133 6004 5934 6736
2130 5553 6980 7004 7474
21928 6169 7546 7061 89288

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