At-risk-of-poverty administrative rate

Administrative disposable income is a third pillar of the income statistics that Statbel publishes, alongside "[\2](\1)" and poverty indicators based on "[\2](\1)", and allows answering other types of questions than SILC and tax statistics.

SILC uses "[\2](\1)" at the household level as a concept of income, cumulating the incomes of all household members. In the next step, this disposable income is converted into equivalised disposable income to take into account the composition of the household. Based on the SILC, at-risk-of-poverty figures are published up to the provincial level. However, the sample size does not allow for analyses at a more detailed geographical level. However, statistics based on tax revenues are available up to the level of the statistical sector, but are limited to taxable income in the context of personal income tax returns. Non-taxable income is not taken into account and there is also no correction according to the composition of the household.

The variable "administrative equivalised disposable income" responds to a growing demand for income and poverty figures at the communal level. It uses an income concept based on administrative sources that tries to correspond as much as possible to that of SILC. For the population as a whole, both taxable and non-taxable income are taken into account. They are added together for all members of the household in order to obtain an administrative disposable income for the household. After adjusting for the composition of the household, the variable "administrative equivalised disposable income" is established. This can be used to calculate income and poverty figures at the communal level.

More information on the page "[\2](\1)" of Statbel