Share of population living in (quasi-)jobless households indicator - Revised version
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| Indicator name |
Share of population living in (quasi-)jobless households indicator - Revised version |
| Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) |
EU |
| Periodicity |
Annual |
| Detailed definition |
In 2021, EU Member States and the European Commission decided to slightly revise the definition of the (quasi-)jobless indicator, in order to take into account that the (average) working age’s upper limit is increasing, with people increasingly tending to continue working to a more advanced age (it was thus decided to extend the upper age limit for this indicator from 59 to 64 year old). This revision has led to a few additional changes in the indicator in order to avoid covering people for whom the concept of (quasi-)joblessness is not relevant.
The (slightly) revised definition for this indicator is:
Share, in the population aged below 65 , of persons living in (quasi-)jobless households, i.e. households in which working-age members (aged 18-64 ) worked in total 20% or less of their total work potential during the previous 12 months (i.e. a household with a very low work intensity : work intensity less than or equal to 0.2).
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| Breakdowns |
-By age and gender (breakdown covers all ages until 64)
-By age, gender and most frequent activity status (for people aged 18-64)
-By income quintile and household type
-By age, gender and educational attainment level (for people aged 18-64)
-By age, gender and broad group of citizenship (for people aged 18-64)
-By age, gender and broad group of country of birth (for people aged 18-64)
-By age, gender and level of activity limitation (for people aged 16-64)
-By household tenure status
-By NUTS regions
-By degree of urbanisation
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| Comments/ Policy relevance |
Information on the prevalence of (quasi-)joblessness within the population (at the household level) is relevant from the policy perspective, given its adverse impacts on social inclusion as well as on other social and employment dimensions (e.g. polarisation of employment). In addition, the (quasi-)jobless indicator is one of the three sub-indicators of the headline at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion indicator.
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| Source |
EU-SILC |
| SPC portfolio section |
Social inclusion – secondary |
| Key dimension |
Prevalence of (quasi-)joblessness within the population (at the household level). |
| Context of use |
AROPE Component -(Quasi-)jobless households. Used in: EPSR scoreboard (secondary indicator), SDG indicator framework, SPPM dashboard, JAF |
| Further details and related documents |
Are excluded from this indicator (excluded both from the numerator and the denominator):
i) households composed only of children, of students aged less than 25 and/or persons aged 65 or more. (Note: same exclusion as in the former version of this indicator but adapted to account for the increase in indicator’s upper age limit.)
ii) as well as persons aged 0-64 who are retired according to their self-defined current economic status or who receive any pension (other than a survivors pension). (Note: new exclusion due to the revision of this indicator.)
iii) as well as persons aged 60-64 who are inactive and living in a household where the main income is from pension(s) other than a survivor pension (note: persons aged 60-64 that are inactive and living in a household where the main income is from a survivor pension are not excluded from the reference population for this indicator). (Note: new exclusion due to the revision of this indicator.)
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