4. RESULTS It is important to note that all descriptives presented below – unless otherwise mentioned – are based on the household unit. For example, when talking about in-work poverty and disability, the descriptives refer to the share of working households that are poor, where at least one member states being disabled. 4.1 In-work poverty prevalence Table 4 presents data on the working and poverty status of our final sample. The following aspects are especially noteworthy: • • • • Based on our definition of working (i.e., one adult member aged 18-65 in the household receiving positive income from wages and salaries for at least seven months in the year), we identify more than four out of five households (82.9 percent) as working households. 12 Less than one-fifth of all households fall below the poverty threshold (17.1 percent). 13 Amongst working households, the proportion of households in poverty is 7 percent as at March 2013. For non-working households, the rate of poverty is close to 66 percent. 14 Table 4. Working and poverty status, by household unit Non-work In-work Total 34.1% 93.0% 82.9% (51,024) (674,370) (725,394) 65.9% 7.0% 17.1% (98,460) (50,943) (149,403) 17.1% 82.9% 100% (149,484) (725,313) (874,797) Non-poor Poor Total Source: IDI 2019. Notes: Absolute numbers of households in brackets. Working and poverty definitions described in Section 3. For these working households, the median monthly net household income is $5,253. See the Appendix for an extended discussion on the overall poverty rate. 14 Note that a non-working household does not necessarily mean that no adult member receives income from wages and salaries: some non-working households still receive income from wages and salaries for some months per year, but they do not meet the threshold of at least seven months of the year for at least one adult member. 12 13 Page 19