320 / 138
320
E
UR
A
MERICA
Table 3 BTST Income Poverty Rates by Household Composition and by
Country
Country Poverty
Single
Man
Single
Man
Single
Woman
Single
Woman Coupled Coupled
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 31.67 39.47 53.65 74.01 59.81 20.91 24.03
6.41 19.63 35.30
Finland
22.98 52.71 45.23 80.70 46.06 21.93 16.16
7.93 23.99 37.68
Iceland
22.17 0.00 46.06 78.25 60.85 37.59 15.17
3.62 21.33 15.89
Norway
31.05 38.14 53.33 83.98 66.31 20.10 14.78
6.41 23.65 25.54
Liberal
Australia
13.09 28.72 13.32 81.60 15.82 24.96
3.39
8.51 24.75 9.53
Canada
20.54 20.46 32.16 74.21 36.18 29.64
9.65
9.44 25.30 24.53
Ireland
29.11 84.06 28.33 83.24 22.86 34.34
8.25 23.00 43.35 19.03
UK
25.51 66.58 37.27 87.18 35.15 32.40
7.08 13.42 32.84 40.45
US
23.83 35.38 23.71 70.07 27.17 31.33 14.45 11.58 36.33 25.78
Conservative
Austria
16.20 33.34 33.32 61.11 30.74 37.73 12.45
4.58 10.60 27.21
France
21.24 10.28 27.41 76.25 28.78 21.61
8.76 16.99 29.93 36.83
Germany 24.22 0.10 51.77 94.47 46.79 30.09 13.38
7.18 26.82 31.71
Luxembourg14.57 0.00
8.57 82.98 19.26 16.20
6.99 11.38 30.49 18.01
Netherlands 24.06 0.10 54.41 85.19 58.28 16.80
7.28
7.76 27.80 22.36
Switzerland 9.90 0.01 25.07 18.63 15.77 11.34
4.25
6.81 18.62 14.19
Post-socialist
Czech
9.98 12.39 11.79 69.55
9.69 13.83
6.12
6.32 18.91 14.34
Poland
14.93 17.81 11.17 33.10
9.67
9.45
1.92 15.26 26.77 25.18
Slovenia
13.53 31.14 29.15 83.83 51.97 17.92
4.99
9.17 16.87 15.09
East Asian
Japan
9.20 10.34
10.6 13.51 13.74 10.88
0.10
5.18 28.00 14.29
South Korea 9.62 47.35 17.62 28.97 26.18
9.08
6.14
6.54 15.46 8.70
Taiwan
5.66 24.18
7.01 27.89
6.89
9.50
3.30
3.34 11.69 8.32
Southern European
Spain
20.40 12.84 23.13 31.75 23.80 25.43 10.36 17.89 29.55 28.95