Low income households belonging to the last year was 654 000 years, manifested according to Statistics finland on Wednesday, disclosure in the income distribution statistics of preliminary data.The salvation army christmas kettle yield is used in domestic limited means to help. Photo of the Helsinki railway station four years ago. Jenni GŠstgivar, Jenni Gästgivar
according to Statistics finland, the low income proportion of household population was 12.1%, which is 0.6 percentage points more than in the preceding year. At that time, low income households, persons belonging to 623 000.
the Relative low income has varied during the last ten years 623 000 and 728 000 persons, while the low income limit is used as 60% of the median income, i.e. average income. Low income limit in 2017 one-person household 14 750 euros per year, i.e. around 1 in 230 per month.
according to Statistics finland, low income pictures of middle and low income relative income, so low income development depends not only on low-income households from their own income for development, including the median income of the development.
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low-income population in Finland 1986-2017. STATISTICS
– low-income is calculated the persons whose household’s disposable money income per consumption unit is below 60% national median income. Household median income, where low income limit is calculated, the year was 2017 one-person household 24 580 euro.
low income rates different than the poverty threshold in 1966-2017. Statistics finland’s income difficulties experienced reduction in the number
according to Statistics finland, at least a small income difficulties experienced number of households last year was 605 000 or 22.3% of all households. Reduction in the number of 60 000 households.
Also a more severe income difficulties experienced by households decreased and amounted to 189 000, or 7.0 percent of all households. A year earlier the most serious livelihood difficulties experienced in the was 198 000, representing 7.4% of all households.
income difficulties experienced by households the proportion has fluctuated in 2010, after 7 and 8%. In 2017 the share is 2003 the beginning of the measurement period are small.
1) the consumption units are based on the so-called OECD’s modified scale. One adult in the household is one consumption unit. Other household 14 years and over persons each are 0.5 consumption units and from 0 to 13-year-old children each are 0.3 consumption units. One adult of the household is one consumption unit, while a household consisting of spouses and one child aged under 14 together are 1.8 consumption units.
