Poverty risk rates by sex and migration status of persons

The data set describes the poverty risk rates in NRW by gender and migration status of the persons. For comparison, the Federal Median is also listed. The poverty risk rate is an indicator for measuring relative income poverty. It indicates how high the proportion of people with an income is below the poverty risk threshold of the population. The poverty risk rate is defined as the number of persons with an equivalent income (calculated on the basis of the new OECD scale) of less than 60 % of the median equivalent income of the total population per 100 people of the population. The poverty risk threshold is the income value below which one can speak of income poverty. The equivalent income is a demand-weighted per capita income per household member calculated on the basis of the net household income.