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Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2014-15

Estimates of the number and percentage of individuals living in persistent poverty (household income has been below 60% of the median income for 3 of the last 4 years)

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Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2014-2015

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Estimates of the number and percentage of individuals living in persistent poverty. An individual is in persistent poverty if their household income has been below 60% of the median income for 3 of the last 4 years. The figures will be broken down for children, working age adults and pensioners.

Published 16 March 2017