Table 5-1: Low income incidence among persons who retire in the year before
retirement, the retirement year and inflow into low income.
|
Percentage of persons who retire: |
Percentage of persons |
N | ||
|
with low income |
with low income | |||
|
All |
44,5% |
48,3% |
20,5% |
956 |
|
Men |
40,6% |
44,8% |
20,3% |
473 |
|
Women |
48,2% |
51,8% |
20,8% |
483 |
|
Under retirement age |
36,1% |
38,6% |
11,7% |
321 |
|
Over retirement age |
48,7% |
53,2% |
26,1% |
635 |
|
Owner occupier |
44,7% |
48,3% |
19,5% |
723 |
|
Social housing |
59,0% |
63,9% |
38,2% |
150 |
|
Other (renter, etc) |
35,3% |
40,0% |
18,6% |
83 |
|
Self-employed* |
55,0% |
61,1% |
36,8% |
211 |
|
Employee (15+hours/week)* |
17,9% |
25,6% |
12,5% |
273 |
|
Employee (less 15 hours/week)* |
60,0% |
80,0% |
50,0% |
5 |
|
Unemployed* |
50,0% |
52,3% |
25,6% |
86 |
|
Other (inactive, unpaid work)* |
55,6% |
55,9% |
19,7% |
354 |
|
Unknown |
61,5% |
57,7% |
_______30,0%_______ |
26 |
* in the year prior to retirement
Source: Authors computations based on ECHP.
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