Severe material and social deprivation rate is the percentage of persons that can not afford at least 7 out of 13 items due to lack of financial resources.

DATA DOWNLOAD
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INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
The indicator »severe material deprivation rate« was replaced by the indicator »severe material and social deprivation rate« in 2022 when the set of sustainable development goals indicators was updated.

Severe material and social deprivation rate is the percentage of persons that can not afford at least 7 out of 13 items due to lack of financial resources: 1) to pay rent or mortgage, utility bills, loan payments, 2) to keep home adequately warm, 3) to face unexpected financial expenses, 4) to eat meat, fish or a protein equivalent every second day, 5) a week holiday away from home, 6) a car, 7) to replace worn-out furniture, 8) to replace worn-out clothes with some new ones, 9) to have two pairs of properly fitting shoes, 10) to get together with friends/relatives for a drink/meal at least once a month, 11) to have regular leisure activities, 12) to spend a small amount of money each week on him/herself (“pocket money”), or 13) to have an internet connection. The indicator is used to monitor the EU 2030 Strategy goals (EU 2030 Strategy).

The severe material deprivation rate is the percentage of persons living in households whose living conditions are severely constrained by a lack of financial resources, irrespective of persons’ preference with respect to these items. They experience at least four out of nine deprivation items: cannot afford 1) to pay rent or mortgage, utility bills, loan payments, 2) to keep home adequately warm, 3) to face unexpected financial expenses, 4) to eat meat, fish or a protein equivalent every second day, 5) a week holiday away from home, 6) a car, 7) a washing machine, 8) a colour TV, or 9) a telephone. The indicator was used to monitor the EU 2020 Strategy goals (EU 2020 Strategy).

UNIT
Percentage of population

DATA SOURCE
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Publishing frequency: annually
Indicative date of publication: April
Link to more data: SiStat Database (Theme: Quality of life; Sub-theme: Income, Poverty and Social Exclusion)

The data enable the display of distributions by: gender, age, at-risk-of-poverty rate status, cohesion regions, statistical regions

Link to methodological explanations Living Conditions: Questionnaires, methodological explanations, quality reports (Theme: Quality of life; Sub-theme: Income, Poverty and Social Exclusion)

LAST UPDATE OF THE METADATA
20 December 2023