Ch.5 Social Indicators & Poverty Fact
Question
How is the at-risk-of-poverty rate defined?
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Answer
The share of people with disposable income (after social transfers) below 60% of the national median equivalised income.
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A measure of *relative* income poverty, not absolute deprivation.
Eurostat & EU social affairs (ec.europa.eu/eurostat; employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu)
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