The notion that the GWWC calculator is firmly aimed at mathematical illiterates has the slight problem that they put a note right there which says “We use equivalised income” with a Wikipedia link.
So you are saying they bothered to explain “equivalised” but didn’t bother to explain “average”?
I think it’s quite obvious which what’s meant with “average”, if you talk about the fact that many people are poor. On the other hand it’s less obvious what’s meant with income.
The notion that the GWWC calculator is firmly aimed at mathematical illiterates has the slight problem that they put a note right there which says “We use equivalised income” with a Wikipedia link.
So you are saying they bothered to explain “equivalised” but didn’t bother to explain “average”?
I think it’s quite obvious which what’s meant with “average”, if you talk about the fact that many people are poor. On the other hand it’s less obvious what’s meant with income.
Not to me it isn’t. I would normally take it to mean the total divided by the number of people, not the 50th percentile.