This threshold figure has been used by the government in the design of its social programmes and policies and is commonly used in studies on poverty in Brazil (see, for example. This same procedure was followed to process the data for 2008, with these values being adjusted by the consumer price index (cpi) of the Brazilian Geographical and Statistical Institute for purposes of comparison with the values for September 2003. For the measurement of multidimensional poverty, a distinction was drawn between households that were not experiencing deprivation and those that were doing so in respect of at least one of the 13 indicators.