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RELATIVE POVERTY LINE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
CONT

... relative poverty is defined by a poverty line contingent on the median income in that year. The most common relative poverty line used ... is equal to 60% of contemporaneous median income. This means that changes in relative poverty depend on how the incomes of low-income households change relative to middle-income households.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
CONT

Pour déterminer un seuil de pauvreté relative, la méthode la plus fréquente consiste à fixer celui-ci à une proportion de la moyenne arithmétique ou de la médiane de la distribution de la consommation ou du revenu.

CONT

Un seuil de pauvreté relatif rend compte d'une situation de privation relative qui évolue avec le niveau de vie représentatif d'une société. Le seuil de pauvreté est alors habituellement fixé comme une fraction de la moyenne ou de la médiane.

Spanish

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