Official Statistics

Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2014-15

Estimates of the number and percentage of individuals living in persistent poverty (household income has been below 60% of the median income for 3 of the last 4 years)

• From: The Scottish Government
• Published: 16 March 2017

Documents

Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2014-2015

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty

Details

Estimates of the number and percentage of individuals living in persistent poverty. An individual is in persistent poverty if their household income has been below 60% of the median income for 3 of the last 4 years. The figures will be broken down for children, working age adults and pensioners.

Published 16 March 2017