Working Poor: Poverty despite gainful employment – Working-poor-rate for 2008 below previous year's

Neuchâtel, 04.11.2010 - (FSO) - A calculation of working poor rates for the years 2007 and 2008 by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) shows a decline from 4.8% to 3.8% in that period. This development is attributable to positive economic growth and a sharp decrease in unemployment in the years 2006 to 2008. The provisional results are based on an improved data base. For this reason, the updated rates are not comparable with those of earlier years.

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