This indicator corresponds to the percentage of persons in total population who are: at risk of poverty or severely materially deprived or living in households with very low work intensity. Persons are only counted once even if they are present in several sub-indicators.
At risk-of-poverty are 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).
Material deprivation covers indicators relating to economic strain and durables. Severely materially deprived persons have living conditions severely constrained by a lack of resources, they experience at least 4 out of 9 following deprivations items: cannot afford i) to pay rent or utility bills, ii) keep home adequately warm, iii) face unexpected expenses, iv) eat meat, fish or a protein equivalent every second day, v) a week holiday away from home, vi) a car, vii) a washing machine, viii) a colour TV, or ix) a telephone.
People living in households with very low work intensity are those aged 0-59 living in households where the adults (aged 18-59) worked 20% or less of their total work potential during the past year.
Available flags:
b | break in time series | c | confidential |
d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
f | forecast | i | see metadata |
m | imputed | n | not significant |
p | provisional | r | revised |
s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
z | not applicable |