Poverty gap entire population
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | socstr_povgaptpop_oecd |
| Category | Social structure |
| Label | Poverty gap entire population |
| Related indicators | |
This indicator measures the poverty gap of an entire population. The poverty line is defined as half the median household income of the total population.
Coding rules
Ratio = (households with mean income below the poverty line / households with mean income above the poverty line)
Bibliographic info
Citation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2018. Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD. Retrieved from https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/country -statistical-profiles-key-tables-from-oecd_20752288 doi: 10.1787/20752288
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Misc
Project manager(s): Jean-Yves Gerlitz, Karolin Meyer
Data release:- Version 0.001: Initial release
Revisions: No revisions yet
Sources
- Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19
