Portugal 2016

ENQUADRAMENTO SOCIOECONÓMICO RENDIMENTO E CONDIÇÕES DE VIDA DAS FAMÍLIAS SOCIO-ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK INCOME AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS 41 According to the survey’s data, in 2015 the at-risk-of- poverty rate assessed by the share of the population with an equivalent net monetary income below 60% of average income was estimated to stand at 19.0%, i.e. 0.5 p.p. less than in the previous year, but above the 2008-09 average (the best two years of the 2003-15 period), which stood at slightly less than 18.0%. The risk-of-poverty indicator includes income from (old-age and survivors’) pensions and social transfers (associated with sickness and disability, family, unemployment, and social inclusion). Considering only income from employment, property income and private transfers, the at-risk-of-poverty rate would be 46.1%, i.e. 1.5 p.p. below the average for 2013-14, but 5.2 p.p. above the average for 2003-08. When also considering pensions, the at-risk-of-poverty rate in 2015 would be 25.1%, improving noticeably from the two previous years and already moving closer to the best levels, as observed from 2006 to 2008.