%0 Journal Article %A Pérez Peña, María del Carmen %A Pereira, Elisabeth %T How has the Economic Crisis Affected the Poverty Situation in Spain and Portugal %D 2021 %@ 2766-4775 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37437 %X The aim of this work is to compare the poverty situation in Spain and Portugal, by sex and age, by means of exploratory research techniques, based on secondary data, which will make it possible to design lines of action aimed at improving the situation in the two countries in question. The results obtained show that the Spanish and Portuguese female population, aged between 16-24 and 50-64 years, is the most affected by the crisis and is the one with the greatest impact on poverty levels, according to the components of the A rope Rate. %K Poverty %K Social welfare %K Crisis %K Spain %K Portugal %~ Universidad de Cádiz