Poverty rates before and after social transfers, 2017;; Total population;; ;; ;in %;+/- poverty rate (after social transfers); 8.2 ; 0.6 1) poverty rate before social transfers in the narrow sense; 16.9 ; 0.8 2) poverty rate before all social transfers; 31.1 ; 0.8 ;; Social transfers in the narrow sense cover all social transfers excluding old-age or survivors' benefits (see box). Accordingly, in variant 1) old-age or survivors' benefits (incl. SB) are included in the household income and are not considered as social transfers. In variant 2) by contrast, all social transfers are deducted from the disposable household income.;; ;; +/-: 95% confidence interval limits;; ;; Source: FSO - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2017, version 3.6.2019, without imputed rent;; Information: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Social Analysis Section, info.sozan@bfs.admin.ch, Tel. 058 463 64 21;; © FSO 2019;;