Definition: Income at-risk-of poverty threshold
Living conditions
Income level which is assumed as minimal for the definition of poverty risk. Throughout most of this report, the 60 percent of the median equivalised (disposable) income of the total population is used as the at-risk-of poverty threshold.
Source:
Eurostat, "European social statistics. Income, powerty abd social exclusion: 2nd report. data 1994-1997", (2002 Edition), Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2002, Luxembourg
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