Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

At-risk-of-poverty rate for children (0-17)

Indicator name At-risk-of-poverty rate for children (0-17)
Code IC-P2
Periodicity Annual
Detailed definition Share of children (aged 0-17) living in a household with an equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median equivalised disposable income. To be analysed together with the value of the poverty threshold in PPS for a household consisting of 2 adults and 2 children aged below 14)
Breakdowns Age (0-17, 0-5, 6-11, 12-17) Household type
Comments/ Policy relevance Comparison with the working-age population (18-64) and the elderly population (65+) is recommended
Source Eurostat – EU-SILC
SPC portfolio section Investing in Children - combating child poverty

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