We can clearly see that for all poverty lines below R1 500 per capita per month12, there is clear first order poverty dominance of 1993 over 2000 and 2008. Since the CDF’s of the 2008 and 2000 data cross, we cannot say which has greater poverty in general, the answer will depend on the measure we use and the poverty line. We can conclude from this that poverty has fallen on average since 1993, but it is not clear if poverty has increased or fallen since 2000. Second and third order dominance analysis may result in a clear ranking of poverty between 2000 and 2008, but this is beyond the scope of this report.