Definition: Persistent risk of poverty

Category: Living conditions

The second lowest degree of poverty risk an individual experiences during the reference period. In the conventional approach this refers to poverty risk in three out of four years, whereby the last year must be one of the three years. The corresponding at-persistent-risk-of-poverty rate represents the average value for the population. 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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