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(SILC).
The calculations are based on annual (net) disposable household income (income in cash). Disposable household income in cash includes net incomes of all household members (employee cash or near cash income, including supplement for meals and transport to work, cash benefits or loses from self-employment, pensions, unemployment benefits, sickness benefits, education-related allowances, family allowances and social benefits, interests, dividends, regular inter-household cash transfers received) less regular inter-household cash transfers paid and regular taxes on wealth, including compensation for the use of building land. To income in cash calculated in this way part of income in kind (benefit for the use of company car for private purposes and the value of withdrawals from a business by a self-employed person) is added

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MEASURES

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.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME CLASS

All persons from the SILC survey are classified by equivalised income or income per household member from the lowest to the highest. Quintiles cover 20% of all persons each and deciles cover 10% of all persons each. The first quintile includes 20% of persons from the households with the lowest income; the fifth quintile includes 20% of persons from the households with the highest income. The first decile includes 10% of persons from the households with the lowest income; the tenth decile includes 10% of persons from the households with the highest income.

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.