%(E)RIS 45-64 years

Social Integration Income (RIS) is a minimum income allocated by the CPAS to persons who do not have sufficient resources and are unable to access them, either through their personal efforts or by other means. The Social Integration Income Equivalent (ERIS) is a financial aid granted by the CPAS within the framework of the Right to Social Assistance (Law of 2 April 1965 on the provision of relief from public social assistance centres) to persons who, for specific reasons (e.g. nationality), are not included in the right to social integration. The amounts are identical to those of the RIS.

The key indicator here is based on data from Statbel. It estimates on 1 January of the year, for 18-64 year-olds, the number and share of persons who have benefited from a (E)RIS at least once in the previous year. Two differences can be pointed out between this indicator and the one estimating the share of beneficiaries of a RIS based mainly on SPP-IS data (indicator 8321000).
On the one hand, the Statbel-based indicator has higher rates because it is sufficient for a person to have received EUR 1 of RIS in the previous year to be taken into account in the numerator, whereas the municipal indicator is an annual average of the situations in each month. Thus, the “Statbel” indicator estimates the number of all persons who have benefited during the year at least once from a RIS, while the “SPP-IS” indicator estimates the average of people using RIS each month.
On the other hand, the “Statbel” indicator is based on the beneficiary’s place of residence while the municipal indicator estimates the number of RIS paid by each CPAS. In some situations, it is possible to be a user of a CPAS different from that of the municipality where one is domiciled. This is the case, students who do not change CPAS, even if their home changes commune.