Poverty overview in Hungary

Abstract

In Hungary, poverty has been an important issue since its measurement started and information has been provided. The most recent studies and data revealed that poverty level is not higher in Hungary that in other neighboring countries. There are, however, some social and demographic characteristics, that can lead the individual to at-risk-of poverty.
In my research, I examined what factors influence average income level. I use the database of the micro census from 2016. Using county-level data and regression analysis, I found two factors that influence average income level significantly: unemployment rate significantly decreases it and average education attainment significantly increases it. All other examined variables (migration, natural increase or decrease of the population, permanent unemployment rate, the rate of the Roma population, average comfort level of dwellings, the rate of women having three or more children, the rate of the old) did not have any significant effect on the income level.