Poverty monitor 2007

Original title: Armoedemonitor 2007.

The Poverty Monitor 2007 contains the most up-to-date figures on poverty in the Netherlands. The data were collected and analysed by the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The report describes poverty in terms of income level, duration of poverty, payment arrears and financial constraints, as well as the views of households about their own financial situation. In this edition, special attention is devoted to the working poor, the behavioural effects of the poverty trap, poverty and social exclusion of children, and the differences in political standpoints between people who are less and more well off.