Release

Persistent poverty in the UK and EU: 2017

Release date: 6 June 2019 9:30am

Summary

Rates of persistent relative income poverty for the UK are compared with other EU countries.

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Data

  • Persistent poverty in the UK and EU

    Rates of poverty and persistent poverty in 2017 are included for the UK and EU, including characteristics, measures of material deprivation and well-being.

Contact details

Name

Dominic Webber / Oliver Mann

Email

hie@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0) 1633 456246

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest