Household-level data measure the total income women and men can potentially use for their consumption. In Figure 4.8, a simple indication of gender disparities in household income is obtained by comparing the proportion of women and men living in poor households. Poor households are defined in Figure 4.8 as those having an equivalised total income (i.e. before deduction of taxes) below 60% of the national median.13 Women are over-represented in poor households in almost all OECD countries. Only in Denmark, Ireland and Mexico is the gender difference in this measure negligible, while in some countries such as Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Chile and United States the gap is significant.