The concepts described on these pages are words and expressions used in statistics with a specific, limited meaning. In everyday speech the word may have a different meaning. In connection with each definition you can find information about which sets of statistics use the concept.
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Median income
When income recipients are put in the order of size by income, median income is the income of the middle income recipient. An equal number of income recipients remain on both sides of the middle income recipient. Median income is not as sensitive to extreme observations as mean income.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Jaa