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At-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate (EU 2030 Strategy) is the percentage of people who are at risk of poverty or severely materially and socially deprived or living in households with very low work intensity. Persons are only counted once even if they are present in two or three sub-indicators. The percentage of persons and estimated number of persons who are at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion is published.

At-risk-of-poverty rate is the percentage of persons with an equivalised disposable income (after social transfers) below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60% of the national median equivalised disposable income.

Severe material and social deprivation rate is the percentage of persons that can not afford at least 7 out of 13 items due to lack of financial resources: 1) to pay rent or mortgage, utility bills, loan payments, 2) to keep home adequately warm, 3) to face unexpected financial expenses, 4) to eat meat, fish or a protein equivalent every second day, 5) a week holiday away from home, 6) a car, 7) to replace worn-out furniture, 8) to replace worn-out clothes with some new ones, 9) to have two pairs of properly fitting shoes, 10) to get together with friends/relatives for a drink/meal at least once a month, 11) to have regular leisure activities, 12) to spend a small amount of money each week on him/herself (“pocket money”), or 13) to have an internet connection.

Very low work intensity rate (EU 2030 Strategy) is the percentage of persons aged 0-64 living in households where the adults (aged 18-64) worked less than 20% of their total work potential (expressed in months) during the past year (income reference year); work intensity of these households was 0 to 0.2.

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