The indicator that measures the risk of poverty or social exclusion in statistics on living conditions has been revised

The so-called AROPE indicator (At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion) that measures the risk of poverty or social exclusion is based on international comparative statistics of the Statistical Office of the European Union. Eurostat revised the measurement of low work intensity and severe material and social deprivation included in the risk of poverty or social exclusion indicator in 2021.

The revised indicator has been introduced in Statistics Finland's statistics on living conditions for the statistical reference year 2020. The statistics on living conditions includes only time series data according to the new definition starting from the statistical reference year 2015. Data on low work intensity based on the old definition for the time period 2008 to 2019 can be found in the archive tables of the statistics on living conditions. The definition changes are described in the documentation of the statistics on living conditions, see concepts.

New table

Replacing

13h6 -  Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex

131u

13h7 - Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by the life-cycle of person's household

131v

13hb - Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by socioeconomic group

131x

13hc - Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by area

131y

13hd - Intersections of dimensions of risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

11y2

Tables 11wk,11wj, 131u, 131v, 131x, 131y, 11y2, 11wu are moved to the archive database.

Further information: toimeentulo.tilastokeskus@stat.fi

Further information

Marie Reijo
Senior Researcher
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Kaisa-Mari Okkonen
Senior Statistician
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