Poverty rates, 2016;; By different characteristics;; " ";; ;in %;+/- total population;7.5;0.6 ;; 0-17 years;7.2;1.3 18-64 years;5.7;0.6 65 years and over;14.7;1.6 ;; women;8.5;0.8 men;6.5;0.6 ;; Swiss;6.9;0.6 Northern and Western Europe;8.3;2.2 Southern Europe ;9;3.6 other countries;10.4;2.7 ;; compulsory education;12;1.9 upper secondary level;7.8;0.7 tertiary level;4.8;0.6 ;; individual < 65 years;12.8;1.5 individual >= 65 years;25.4;2.9 couple < 65 years without children;3.2;0.9 couple >= 65 years without children;10;1.9 lone parent with child(ren) < 18 years;19.7;6.3 couple with child(ren) < 18 years;5.1;1.2 couple with 1 child;2;1.1 couple with 2 children;3.7;1.6 couple with 3 or more children;8.3;2.7 ;; employed persons;3.8;0.6 persons without employment;14.4;1.1 ;; household without employed persons;18.1;1.6 household with 1 employed person;6.4;1 household with 2 employed persons;2.4;0.8 ;; main source of household income:;; salaried employment;3.2;0.6 self-employment;10.5;3.1 pensions from the 1st pillar;22.8;2.3 pensions from the 2nd pillar;3.4;1.5 other transfers;32.4;5.7 property income;5.3;3.3 " ";; +/-: 95% confidence interval limits;; " ";; The poverty rate is based on income and does not take into account any financial assets. The variables relating to the educational and labour market are only collected for persons aged 18 or over. All persons under the age of 25 who live with their father and/or mother are considered to be children.;; " ";; Source: FSO - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), version 24.1.2018, without imputed rent;; Information: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Social Analysis Section, info.sozan@bfs.admin.ch, Tel. 058 463 64 21;; © FSO 2018;;