Dansk Økonomi Efterår 2006 - De Økonomiske Råd

Figure 2Per cent1412108642Proportion of the population living in poverty1988-200460 per cent of the median income50 per cent of the median income0198819901992199419961998200020022004Source:Section II.2.In 2004, 165,000 persons were living in poverty. Poverty isrelatively common among the young, persons living aloneor with a large number of dependent children, immigrants,the self-employed, and people outside the labour force.Some of the young persons among the poor are livingtogether with their parents, or they are foreign students ortrainees.In the chapter special attention is given to three groups ofpeople who are often considered to be more at risk of livingin poverty. These three groups are single parents, immigrants,and persons who are mentally ill. Single parents aremore liable to be living in poverty than persons living alonewithout dependent children, but a single parent with onechild usually leaves poverty relatively quickly, while singleparents with more than one child usually remain poor for alonger period.The proportion of persons living in poverty is above 10 percent among immigrants from Western countries and above20 per cent among immigrants from non-Western countries,while the share among ethnic Danes is less than 4 per cent.The proportion in poverty is especially high among thoseimmigrants who have been in the country for only one to330