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Current transfers received
Current transfers received by households and persons are formed of earnings-related and national pensions and other social security benefits, social allowances and other current transfers received.
Other social security benefits are such as rehabilitation allowances, daily and parental allowances, compensations of statutory accident insurance and earnings-related unemployment allowance.
Social allowances are such as child benefits, support for care of small children, conscript's allowance, social assistance, general housing allowance, study and research grants, basic unemployment allowance and labour market allowance.
Other current transfers received are current transfers received between households.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Jaa