Definition: At-persistent-risk-of-poverty rate

Category: Regional statistics

The "at-persistent-risk-of-poverty rate" indicator is defined as the share of persons, within the total population, with an equivalised total net income below the risk-of-poverty threshold in the current year and in at least two of the preceding three years. Th e population consists of all the persons that have been living for four years in private households. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/sustainable_europe_2005.pdf#page=44