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EUROPE - AROUND 40% MORE WOMEN THAN
MEN AMONG EU POPULATION 65 & OVER - WOMEN'S HIGHER RISK OF POVERTY
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The proportion of women at risk of poverty or social exclusion higher
than for men in all Member States
In 2010,
there were 62 million women (24.5% of all women) and 54 million men (22.3% of
all men) in the EU27 who were at risk of
poverty or social exclusion. This means that they were at least in one of the
following three conditions: at-risk-of-poverty2, severely materially deprived2 or living in
households with very low work intensity2. The proportion of women at risk of poverty
or social exclusion was higher than for men in all Member States. The largest
differences between women and men were recorded in Italy (26.3% for women and 22.6% for men), Austria (18.4% and 14.7%) and Slovenia (20.1% and 16.5%), and the smallest in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary
(all
with differences of less than 1 percentage point). 