Our article is closely linked to two earlier pieces published on Válasz Online. In the article Researcher Concerns About the Reliability of EU-SILC Income Data in Hungary, Annamária Tátrai and András Gábos highlighted serious data issues in Hungary’s EU-SILC dataset—issues that affect key indicators used to track poverty both nationally and at the EU level. According to the authors, the nature and extent of the problems suggest not mere technical issues but a chain of professional errors, potentially even raising the question of data manipulation.

Újabb problémákat tártak fel a KSH szegénységi adatait elemző kutatók. Legfrissebb tanulmányuk rövidített változatát az alábbiakban közöljük.