Definition

These are the households with insufficiency in at least four concepts from a list of nine. The concepts considered are as follows:
The person or household cannot afford to go on holiday at least one week a year.
The person or household cannot afford a meal based on meat, chicken or fish at least every two days.
The person or household cannot afford to keep the dwelling at an adequate temperature.
The person or household is unable to handle unforeseen expenses.
The person or household has been late paying expenses relating to the main dwelling (mortgage or rent, gas bills, community costs, etc.) or in the payment of instalment purchases in the last 12 months.
The person or household cannot afford a car.
The person or household cannot afford a telephone.
The person or household cannot afford a colour television.
The person or household cannot afford a washing machine.

Source

Living Conditions Survey (LCS). Methodology

Topic

• Standard, quality and conditions of life

Statistical operations

(links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)

• 30453 - Living Conditions Survey (LCS)
• 30471 - Living Quality Indicators (in project phase)

Concepts associated

There are no related concepts