diff --git a/Indicators/Economic-Capacity-to-Meet-Essential-Needs/ECMEN_Excluding_Assistance updated Oct 2025.do b/Indicators/Economic-Capacity-to-Meet-Essential-Needs/ECMEN_Excluding_Assistance updated Oct 2025.do
index 6456804..d5ec114 100644
--- a/Indicators/Economic-Capacity-to-Meet-Essential-Needs/ECMEN_Excluding_Assistance updated Oct 2025.do	
+++ b/Indicators/Economic-Capacity-to-Meet-Essential-Needs/ECMEN_Excluding_Assistance updated Oct 2025.do	
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ label var PCExp_ECMEN "Household Economic Capacity per capita - monthly"
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------
 gen ECMEN_exclAsst = .    // initialize as missing
 
-replace ECMEN_exclAsst = (PCExp_ECMEN > MEB) if !missing(PCExp_ECMEN) | !missing(MEB)
+replace ECMEN_exclAsst = (PCExp_ECMEN >= MEB) if !missing(PCExp_ECMEN) | !missing(MEB)
 
 label var ECMEN_exclAsst "Economic capacity to meet essential needs - excluding assistance"
 
@@ -493,11 +493,11 @@ tabulate ECMEN_exclAsst
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------
 gen ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB = .   // start as missing * Compute only if NOT (both are missing)
 
-replace ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB = (PCExp_ECMEN > SMEB) if !missing(PCExp_ECMEN) | !missing(SMEB)
+replace ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB = (PCExp_ECMEN >= SMEB) if !missing(PCExp_ECMEN) | !missing(SMEB)
 
 label var ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB "Economic capacity to meet essential needs - SMEB - excluding assistance"
 
 label define smeblbl 1 "Above SMEB" 0 "Below SMEB"
 label values ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB smeblbl
 
-tabulate ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB
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+tabulate ECMEN_exclAsst_SMEB