Retirement and the Poverty of the Elderly in Portugal



TABLE 4-1: Cross sectional comparisons of low income incidence: retired
people, non-retired adults, and workers

Year -

Workers

Male__________________

Female_______________

All

Not retired

Retired

Not retired

Retired

Workers

Not retired

Retired

Workers

1994

13,1%

16,0%

34,1%

11,0%

18,8%

29,9%

12,2%

17,4%

31,7%

1995

13,5%

15,1%

36,2%

10,2%

17,7%

35,8%

12,1%

16,4%

35,9%

JZ
g

1996

12,7%

15,5%

32,9%

12,7%

18,4%

33,6%

12,7%

17,0%

33,3%

^co

1997

12,4%

14,9%

30,9%

12,2%

19,0%

33,0%

12,3%

17,0%

32,1%

φ
о
0

1998

12,8%

15,8%

27,8%

12,8%

19,2%

34,2%

12,8%

17,5%

31,4%

CL

1999

14,0%

16,9%

30,7%

10,9%

18,3%

33,4%

12,6%

17,6%

32,2%

2000

14,0%

17,0%

30,5%

10,2%

16,8%

32,6%

12,3%

16,9%

31,6%

2001

12,4%

16,1%

32,7%

9,9%

17,2%

35,4%

11,3%

16,6%

34,2%

1994

24,5%

27,8%

53,3%

20,3%

30,4%

48,3%

22,8%

29,2%

50,5%

1995

25,4%

27,8%

48,7%

20,5%

30,3%

51,0%

23,4%

29,1%

50,0%

^E

1996

24,2%

27,9%

47,0%

22,1%

31,2%

49,1%

23,3%

29,6%

48,2%

^co

1997

23,9%

27,6%

47,3%

21,9%

31,2%

49,5%

23,0%

29,5%

48,5%

Φ
о

1998

24,8%

28,3%

42,5%

22,5%

31,2%

50,8%

23,8%

29,8%

47,1%

о
CL

1999

25,6%

29,2%

45,8%

21,0%

30,8%

48,0%

23,6%

30,0%

47,0%

2000

24,6%

27,4%

45,9%

22,9%

30,2%

47,5%

23,8%

28,8%

46,8%

2001

23,6%

27,3%

47,5%

22,6%

32,1%

48,2%

23,1%

29,8%

47,9%

1994

14,8%

17,9%

38,8%

12,3%

20,7%

33,8%

13,8%

19,4%

36,0%

1995

14,9%

16,4%

36,8%

11,2%

18,9%

37,0%

13,3%

17,7%

36,9%


ф

1996

14,4%

17,4%

34,8%

14,0%

20,1%

35,3%

14,2%

18,8%

35,1%

ф

1997

13,1%

15,5%

31,2%

12,4%

19,6%

33,2%

12,8%

17,6%

32,4%

sp
Os

1998

13,7%

16,8%

29,3%

13,8%

20,3%

35,4%

13,7%

18,6%

32,7%

О
СО

1999

12,5%

15,5%

28,8%

9,9%

16,9%

31,1%

11,4%

16,2%

30,1%

2000

13,3%

16,1%

29,6%

9,3%

16,1%

31,1%

11,5%

16,1%

30,5%

2001

10,7%

14,3%

27,5%

8,7%

14,8%

31,1%

9,8%

14,5%

29,5%

1994

19,6%

23,3%

48,2%

16,1%

25,6%

42,0%

18,2%

24,5%

44,7%


ф

1995

15,8%

17,7%

38,2%

12,0%

19,9%

39,3%

14,2%

18,9%

38,8%

1996

13,6%

16,7%

33,4%

13,3%

19,1%

34,5%

13,5%

17,9%

34,0%

E

1997

11,6%

13,8%

29,9%

11,7%

17,9%

31,7%

11,6%

15,9%

30,9%

о
о
т-

1998

11,4%

14,1%

25,6%

11,6%

17,3%

32,8%

11,5%

15,7%

29,6%

sp
Os
СО

1999

9,8%

12,4%

23,2%

7,8%

13,8%

25,1%

9,0%

13,1%

24,2%

СО

2000

6,4%

8,6%

18,0%

4,5%

9,2%

18,1%

5,6%

8,9%

18,0%

2001

6,5%

9,3%

18,1%

5,1%

9,8%

17,2%

5,9%

9,6%

17,6%

Source: Authors computations based on ECHP.

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