Poverty gap entire population
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | socstr_povgaptpop_oecd |
| Category | Social structure |
| Label | Poverty gap entire population |
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The "Poverty gap for the entire population" is a measure of relative poverty that indicates its depth, specifically showing how much the income of the poor falls below the poverty line (referred to as the "poverty gap"). The ratio reflects how much the average income of the poor falls below the poverty line, which is defined as half of the median household income of the entire population.
Coding rules
The poverty gap is the ratio that reflects how much the average income of the poor falls below the poverty line, which is defined as half of the median household income of the entire population. The poverty gap complements the poverty rate by offering a clearer picture of the severity of poverty in a country. This indicator is measured for the total population, as well as for specific age groups, including those aged 18-65 years and individuals over 65. Poverty lines are determined based on the overall population and are subsequently used to calculate poverty rates for specific subgroups (such as children and the elderly). While the poverty lines stay consistent within a given dataset, the subgroups can vary when calculating poverty gaps. The poverty line is defined as half of the median household income of the entire population. The affected population is categorized into broad age groups: working-age poverty (ages 18-65) and elderly poverty (ages 66 and older).
Teorell et al. (2024:357) define the variable as "Poverty gap entire population, average score across all age groups."
Bibliographic info
Citation:- Teorell, Jan, Aksel Sundström, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon, Cem Mert Dalli, Rafael Lopez Valverde & Paula Nilsson (2024). The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan24. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, https://www.gu.se/en/quality-government, doi:10.18157/qogstdjan24
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2023). Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD. https://doi.org/10.1787/20752288
Related publications: Förster, Michael F. and Marco Mira D'Ercole (2005). Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries in the Second Half of the 1990s. Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries in the Second Half of the 1990s, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 22, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/882106484586.
Misc
Project manager(s): Responsible for data editing, description (WESIS) and entry: Andrea Schäfer (2021-2025, Version 0.002), Jean-Yves Gerlitz (2018-2020; Version 0.001); Principal Investigator: Irene Dingeldey, Ulrich Mückenberger; Student assistants: Karolin Meyer (2018-2020)
Data release:- Version 0.001: Initial release with data from The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19
- Version 0.002: Updated with data from The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version January 2024
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
- Teorell, Jan, Aksel Sundström, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon, Cem Mert Dalli, Rafael Lopez Valverde & Paula Nilsson (2024). The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan24. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute, https://www.gu.se/en/quality-government, doi:10.18157/qogstdjan24
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2023). Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD. https://doi.org/10.1787/20752288
