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Definition:
Relative poverty rate
Definition:
Percentage of persons in households where the level of expenditures (including a value of free-of-charge articles as well as natural consumption) was lower than the relative poverty threshold, adopted at 50% mean monthly expenditures at the level of all households estimated with the use of the so-called original OECD equivalence scale.
The rate is calculated on a basis of the Household Budget Survey.
Contact person on methodology:
GUS – Departament Badań Społecznych i Rynku Pracy
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GUS – Departament Badań Społecznych i Rynku Pracy
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