article_snippet: Someone is classed as living in poverty if their disposable income is less than 60 per cent of the national average.
article_snippet: People living in 'in-work poverty' are both below the poverty threshold and in employment both.
article_snippet: By contrast, the poverty exit rate was lowest in Romania just 23 per cent of people left poverty after getting a job.
article_snippet: In Bulgaria just 36 per cent were lifted out of poverty and Spain 37 per cent.
article_snippet: According to the ONS, 8 per cent of working people aged 18-64 were in poverty in 2013, some 3million in total.
article_snippet: By contrast 31 per cent of those not in work were in poverty.
article_snippet: Whether a job is permamnent or temporary makes little difference to the impact on someone being in poverty.
highlights_snippet: Poverty exit rate was lowest in Romania where just 23% were helped .
  