A description of terms in Target socioeconomic group.
Chronically/severely diseased
Households with a person that has a chronic or severe illness.
Disabled
Households with a person that has a disability.
Households on social benefits
Households that receive certain kinds of social benefits, including unemployment benefits, child benefits, long-term illness benefits or disability benefits.
Households with children
Households that include one or more children.
Indebted households
Households that have arrears on their energy bills.
Low income households
Households that are below a certain income.
No specific target group
Signifies that the policy or measure is not targeted to a specific socio-economic group.
Pensioners
Households with persons that either (1) receive pension benefits (2) are above a certain older age (e.g. 60 years old).
Rural households
Households that live in rural areas.
Unemployed
Households with a person that is unemployed.
Vulnerable households
Households that fall under a ‘vulnerable’ category that is explicitly defined in regulation.