until december the same variation was applied to both lines as of however the indigence line has been adjusted to reflect changes in the foodstuffs component of the cpi whereas the part of the poverty line that corresponds to nonfood spending is adjusted to reflect changes in that component of the cpi from onwards therefore the differential between the indigence and poverty lines is no longer constant in line with its usual practice eclac made corrections to account for a lack of response to some incomerelated questions in the case of wageearners selfemployed workers and retirees and for probable biases that stem from underreporting