Social integration
Poverty

Working poor rate in Switzerland - By type of household 2005

Definitions/comments: Working poor rate: economically active persons (min. 1h/week) who live in a poor household, whose members work at least 36 hours per week all together, as a percentage of all economically active persons. Poor household: household's income is lower than the poverty line, i.e. lower than the amount of money which gives right to social assistance according to the directives of the SKOS (Swiss conference for social assistance) for the respective year. Precise definitions: cf. SFSO (BFS (2007), Armut von Personen im Erwerbsalter, Neuenburg:BFS).

Source: SFSO, SLFS.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.