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Women aged 65+ have consistently higher AROPE (at risk of poverty) rates (and other poverty indicators) then men across the Member States, though the gap has narrowed somewhat. Women's 65+ AROPE rates reflect their: lower pay and shorter and more interrupted working lives leading to lower pensions (38% lower on average in the European Union according to the Commission's 2015 Pension Adequacy Report); longer lives (and retirements); and increased likelihood of being in a single-person household.

Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2016 Briefing:

https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/0d80885e-afc3-4b63-92af-f217d9bfbf9a

2014: % of people aged 65+ at risk of poverty (AROP)

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2016)586599

Извор: WUNRN – 07.07.2016