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Table 1 Change in absolute poverty overall and by employment status; non-employment rates in the two recessions (1991–1996 and 2006–2010); and decomposition of the poverty change

From: Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries: lessons from Sweden 1991–2013

 

1991–1996

2006–2010

Change in absolute poverty

5.1

1.6

Change in % of non-employed in the population

7.8

−0.4

Relative change (recession non-employed/pre-recession non-employed)

1.41

0.98

Change in % of poor among employed

2.2

0.1

Relative change (recession poverty/pre-recession poverty)

1.76

1.05

Change in % of poor among non-employed

10.8

7.0

Relative change (recession poverty/pre-recession poverty)

2.01

1.52

% of poverty increase due to fewer employed

18

−4

% of poverty increase due to increase in poverty among employed

34

5

% of poverty increase due to increase in poverty among non-employed

48

99

 

100

100