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(SILC).
AT-RISK-OF-POVERTY RATE is the percentage of persons living in households where the equivalised total disposable household income is below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. AT-RISK-OF-POVERTY THRESHOLD is defined as 60% of median equivalised disposable income of all households. The OECD modified scale is used for the calculation of the EQUIVALISED INCOME (income per equivalent adult household member). The scale gives to the first adult in the household weight 1, to every other person aged 14 or more weight 0.5 and to children under 14 weight 0.3.
AT-RISK-OF-POVERTY RATE WITH BREAKDOWN BY MOST FREQUENT ACTIVITY STATUS is calculated according to the prevailing activity status in the whole year for specified age groups. People under or over a certain age are not taken into account in calculating the indicator. The prevailing activity status of a person is the status which a person had for at least seven months in the income reference year. Persons whose most frequent activity status was not determined for at least seven months in the year are excluded from the calculation of this indicator. Employed are those who were employees or self-employed for at least seven months in the year. Not employed are those who were unemployed, retired or other inactive for at least seven months in the year. Other inactive persons are homemakers, pupils, students and persons who are unable to work.

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- Methodological explanations

MOST FREQUENT ACTIVITY STATUS

Due to methodological improvements for 2006 (more sources were available to determine the monthly status of the persons in the sample than for the year before), data for 2005 (employed persons, unemployed persons, other inactive persons) are not completely comparable with the following years.

With the SILC survey in 2009 Eurostat changed the methodology of collecting data on the monthly activity status of persons in the income reference year. Due to the changed methodology, from 2009 on inactive persons are classified into individual categories in greater detail than covered by administrative sources; so data from administrative sources are combined with data from the questionnaire. Other inactive persons from administrative sources (homemakers, people unable to work, students, other inactive) are assigned the status regarding the response in the questionnaire. Before 2009 the source of data on monthly activity statuses was administrative. Due to this methodological change, in 2009 the share of unemployed persons is higher and the share of other inactive persons among all persons classified regarding the most frequent activity status is lower.

YEAR

Income, poverty and social exclusion indicators are published for the SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) survey year. The data on income for calculating these indicators are from a year earlier, i.e. the year before the survey is conducted.

MEASURES

Number of persons at-risk-of-poverty

Some totals do not add up due to rounding.