Definition: Median

Category: Living conditions

Summary of an (income) distribution the value of which splits the distribution into two parts of equal size. Exactly 50 percent fall below that value, 50 percent are above it. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/KS-BP-02-008-EN.pdf
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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