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DATA IDENTIFICATION
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Name
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Percentage of the population covered by social protection floors/ systems, disaggregated by sex, and distinguishing children, the unemployed, old-age persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women/ new-borns, work injury victims, the poor and the vulnerable.
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Indicator purpose
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Share of the population living below the poverty threshold covered by social protection systems
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Abstract
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The indicator reflects the proportion of persons effectively covered by a social protection system, including social protection floors. It also reflects the main components of social protection: child and maternity benefits, support for persons without a job, persons with disabilities, victims of work injuries and older persons.
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Data source
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Ministry of Human Development
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DATA CHARACTERISTICS
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Contact organization person
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Ministry of Human Development
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Date last updated
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29-OCT-2019
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Periodicity
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Annual
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Unit of measure
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Percentage (%)
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Other characteristics
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Access to at least a basic level of social protection throughout the life cycle is a human right. The principle of universality of social protection evidences the importance of social protection systems in guaranteeing decent living conditions to the whole population, throughout their lives. The proportion of the population covered by social protection systems/floors provides an indication of the extent to which universality is accomplished, and thus, how secure are the population's living conditions.
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DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS
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Classification used
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Social protection systems include contributory and non-contributory schemes for children, pregnant women with new-borns, people in active age, older persons, for victims of work injuries and persons with disabilities.
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Disaggregation
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sex and age groups.
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Key statistical concepts
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The aggregate indicator is calculated as the proportion of the total population receiving cash benefits under at least one of the contingencies (contributory or non-contributory benefit) or actively contributing to at least one social security scheme.
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Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS
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Recommended uses
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This indicator helps in bolstering initiatives that address poor and vulnerable populations through social insurance programmes, assistance programmes such as BOOST and Pantry, healthcare etc.
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Limitations
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N/A
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Other comments
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All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.