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At-risk-of-poverty rate, by age group      

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The indicator is defined as the share of persons with an equivalised disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers).

Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/tessi012 [2], Retrieved on 17.12.2014

NOTE: Metadata currently unavailable due to a broken link on the Eurostat website. To be added later.

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Percentage (%)

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
Turkey

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
People at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion      [7]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

2003 to 2014

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [8]

Indicator developer: 

SILC

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [9]

Contribution to the green economy: 

An increase of this indicator is considered negative, and a decrease is viewed as positive. This is because poverty compromises the financial aspect of quality of life, which itself is an important element of the Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [10]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the share of people at risk of poverty declining, but inequality is increasing?
Related Indicator: 
Inequality of income distribution    [11]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the at-risk-of-poverty rate declining, but the persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate staying at high levels?
Related Indicator: 
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate   [12]

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation: 

Name of agreement or policy: 

EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS)

Name of body or organisation: 

European Commission

Link to body or organisation: 

EU SDS [13]

Section or page to find indicator: 

page 4, section 3
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/risk-poverty-rate-age-group-%C2%A0%C2%A0-%C2%A0%C2%A0

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/856
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/tessi012
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tessi012&plugin=1
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/people-risk-poverty-or-social-exclusion-%C2%A0%C2%A0-%C2%A0
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/inequality-income-distribution-%C2%A0%C2%A0
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/persistent-risk-poverty-rate-%C2%A0
[13] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A52009DC0400&from=EN