The poverty line is 50% of median equivalised disposable income in each year. The poverty line is fixed at 50% of median equivalised household disposable income in 2005 and adjusted for inflation. The Reynolds-Smolensky index shows the difference between the counterfactual value of the Gini coefficient in the absence of all 2010-12 austerity measures being assessed relative to its value after the implementation of the austerity policy in question.