Definition: In-work poor

Category: Social statistics

The in-work poor are defined as those individuals who are classified as employed (according to their most frequent activity status) and whose household equivalised disposable income is below 60% of national median equivalised income. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/SIF_SOCIAL_COND_05-2005_EN.pdf
Source:
Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, Population and Social Conditions, 5/2005, Population and Living Conditions, “In-Work Poverty - New commonly agreed indicators at the EU level
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