| States | Under 60 years |
| NSS 1995–1996 | NSS 2004 | NSS 2014 |
| Non-poor | Poor | Total | Non-poor | Poor | Total | Non-poor | Poor | Total |
| Less developed | 53.8 (51.1 to 56.4) | 65.3 (60.6 to 69.7) | 58.0 (55.6 to 60.4) | 43.5 (41.4 to 45.6) | 51.7 (49.6 to 53.8) | 47.8 (46.3 to 49.3) | 41.3 (38.7 to 43.9) | 54.2 (51.7 to 56.7) | 48.2 (46.4 to 50.0) |
| More developed | 30.0 (28.3 to 31.9) | 51.9 (49.6 to 54.2) | 40.0 (38.5 to 41.5) | 28.1 (26.4 to 29.9) | 44.1 (42.4 to 45.8) | 38.0 (36.7 to 39.2) | 23.7 (21.8 to 25.6) | 40.6 (38.9 to 42.3) | 33.7 (32.4 to 35.1) |
| India | 37.9 (36.3 to 39.4) | 55.3 (53.2 to 57.4) | 45.4 (44.1 to 46.7) | 33.8 (32.4 to 35.1) | 46.2 (44.9 to 47.6) | 41.1 (40.1 to 42.1) | 30.9 (29.4 to 32.5) | 45.4 (44.0 to 46.9) | 39.2 (38.2 to 40.3) |