Definition: Relative poverty risk index

Living conditions

Relative measure which divides the group-specific at-risk-of poverty rate by the overall at-risk-of poverty rate of the population (multiplied with 100). The relative poverty risk can be read as the at-risk-of poverty share of a group k divided by its population share.

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

Created:
2005-03-31

Updated:
2019-05-10