Practice question · Estimate
Estimate the percentage of Spain’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in recent years, on the AROPE indicator.
Estimate on a scale from 5 per cent (5) to 60 per cent (60).
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- The lesson gives it as roughly a quarter of the population.
- It is above the at-risk-of-poverty rate, because AROPE also counts deprivation and low work intensity.
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Why
About a quarter, moving a point or two with the year. AROPE is always higher than the income-poverty rate because it adds two further routes into the count, so a country can reduce one component and see the headline barely move, which is a design feature, not a fault.
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