Poor population and poverty rate by sex
(excluding foreign domestic helpers)
Notes : Including persons residing in domestic households only.
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Household income before policy intervention includes household members’ employment earnings, investment income, and non-social-transfer cash income. In other words, the income is pre-tax income with all cash benefits excluded.
- Household income after policy intervention refers to the household income after tax, including all recurrent cash benefits received.
Source : Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2016
