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Table 2 Net Disposable Income Poverty Rates by Household Composition
and by Country
Country Poverty
Single
Man
Single
Man
Single
Woman
Single
Woman CoupledCoupled
Young
Adults w/
Young
Adults w/Others
w/
Children
w/o
Children
w/
Children
w/o
Children
w/
Children
w/o
Children
Coupled
Parents
Single
Parent
Social Democratic
Denmark 18.65 34.21 42.55 27.87 47.59
5.84 10.89
1.40
3.04 14.72
Finland
13.82 28.65 37.09 17.89 36.74
5.04 11.03
1.46 10.22 14.21
Iceland
11.63 0.00 31.57 34.77 43.94 16.46 11.29
0.59
6.70 3.90
Norway
22.81 16.11 48.51 30.85 63.61
6.37 10.13
1.18
4.72 8.23
Liberal
Australia
5.85 9.61
8.97 44.20 10.56 10.19
2.53
3.42
7.52 3.22
Canada
14.64 10.60 30.37 56.31 35.23 16.69
9.01
4.42 14.71 15.88
Ireland
11.60 48.53 30.52 45.95 23.50 10.31
0.37
3.56 13.38 27.85
UK
14.13 27.13 29.82 19.48 32.30 13.62
7.42
5.62
9.99 37.03
US
18.91 29.7 25.03 58.84 27.47 23.99 13.53
7.44 26.70 18.99
Conservative
Austria
10.35 0.00 31.94 34.09 26.39 17.50 11.24
1.45
5.44 18.08
France
14.87 7.48 24.12 56.59 29.95 13.16
8.81
7.85 17.43 20.51
Germany 15.23 0.00 41.99 61.65 40.68 16.85
8.40
1.63
8.54 4.58
Luxembourg 6.11 0.00 12.27 77.95 9.46
7.58
6.12
2.91
9.63 14.74
Netherlands 11.83 0.00 32.07 52.26 37.78
5.27
2.78
1.51
6.81 10.02
Switzerland 6.43 0.00 20.93 18.63 13.18 10.69
4.35
3.62
4.01 13.48
Post-socialist
Czech
6.09 0.00 10.77 72.54 10.85
7.84
6.53
2.51 10.48 10.77
Poland
8.92 12.56
6.40 28.88 7.28
9.97
1.80
8.61 15.09 8.60
Slovenia
8.91 31.14 25.13 83.83 48.67 13.32
2.66
4.56 11.66 5.28
East Asian
Japan
8.64 10.34 13.25 10.81 10.69 14.29
0.00
4.11 30.00 12.61
South Korea 8.75 47.35 15.33 36.57 25.44
7.18
6.14
5.90 13.53 10.43
Taiwan
5.16 29.25
6.30 25.44 9.38 11.66
5.81
3.01
7.93 7.34
Southern European
Spain
15.21 25.03 18.97 23.73 16.36 29.45 12.22 12.66 18.57 17.24