Social expenditure and relative poverty rates in selected OECD countries, 2014
*The relative poverty rate is the share of individuals with income below half of household-size-adjusted median income. Poverty rates are based on income after taxes and transfers.
Notes: Social expenditure is government expenditure on social programs, such as Social Security and medicare in the United States. The equation for the trend line is y = -0.1406x + 0.1347 and the R² = 0.0442.
Source: Authors' analysis of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development public data series.
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