{"id":13912,"date":"2026-07-02T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veilles-affaires-sociales.fr\/?p=13912"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:10:40","slug":"how-are-incomes-measuredtitre-traduit-en-francais-par-lia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veilles-affaires-sociales.fr\/?p=13912","title":{"rendered":"How are incomes measured?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le contenu expose les d\u00e9finitions statistiques utilis\u00e9es pour mesurer les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s de revenus en France. Il distingue d\u2019abord les diff\u00e9rents types de revenus \u00ab d\u00e9clar\u00e9s \u00bb aux services fiscaux : salaires nets pour la majorit\u00e9 des personnes en emploi, honoraires ou b\u00e9n\u00e9fices pour les ind\u00e9pendants non salari\u00e9s (par exemple m\u00e9decins, commer\u00e7ants), revenus du patrimoine (loyers, dividendes, int\u00e9r\u00eats) et prestations sociales imposables (retraites, indemnit\u00e9s de ch\u00f4mage ou de maladie). L\u2019ensemble constitue les revenus dits \u00ab primaires \u00bb, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire les ressources imposables des m\u00e9nages ou des individus, \u00e0 partir desquelles l\u2019Insee construit ses indicateurs, sur la base d\u2019un large \u00e9chantillon de d\u00e9clarations fiscales.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 partir de ce revenu d\u00e9clar\u00e9, l\u2019Insee calcule le revenu \u00ab disponible \u00bb du m\u00e9nage en y ajoutant les prestations sociales non imposables (allocations familiales, prime d\u2019activit\u00e9, minima sociaux) et en retranchant l\u2019imp\u00f4t sur le revenu. Pour comparer les situations \u00e9conomiques, les statisticiens privil\u00e9gient ensuite le \u00ab niveau de vie \u00bb, d\u00e9fini comme le revenu disponible rapport\u00e9 \u00e0 une unit\u00e9 individuelle en tenant compte de la taille et de la composition du m\u00e9nage via un syst\u00e8me d\u2019unit\u00e9s de consommation. La premi\u00e8re personne adulte compte pour 1 part, les autres personnes de 14 ans ou plus pour 0,5 part, les enfants de moins de 14 ans pour 0,3 part. Ainsi, un couple repr\u00e9sente 1,5 part et un couple avec deux enfants de moins de 14 ans 2,1 parts. Un exemple illustre ce calcul : un couple disposant d\u2019un revenu disponible de 1 500 euros par mois a un niveau de vie \u00e9quivalent \u00e0 celui d\u2019une personne seule ayant 1 000 euros, une fois rapport\u00e9 aux unit\u00e9s de consommation.<\/p>\n<p>Le texte souligne que, dans le d\u00e9bat public, on pense souvent aux revenus per\u00e7us sans int\u00e9grer imp\u00f4ts et prestations, alors que les statisticiens et l\u2019Observatoire des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s privil\u00e9gient la notion de niveau de vie pour mesurer les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s de revenus. Les principaux acteurs mentionn\u00e9s sont l\u2019Insee, qui produit les indicateurs \u00e0 partir des donn\u00e9es fiscales, et l\u2019Observatoire des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s, qui diffuse ces analyses et recourt \u00e0 ces d\u00e9finitions pour ses travaux. Ces pr\u00e9cisions m\u00e9thodologiques ont un impact direct sur le suivi des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s de revenus et l\u2019\u00e9valuation des politiques sociales, en int\u00e9grant l\u2019effet redistributif des prestations sociales imposables et non imposables ainsi que de l\u2019imp\u00f4t sur le revenu.\u00a0(contenu r\u00e9sum\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais par l&rsquo;IA)\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inegalites.fr\/mesure-revenus\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Lire la Suite<\/a>\u200b<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le contenu expose les d\u00e9finitions statistiques utilis\u00e9es pour mesurer les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s de revenus en France. 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