therefore the atriskofpoverty rate on nuts lander and nuts levels plus additional regional breakdowns is not based on silc data but rather on information produced by the mikrozensus labour force survey an annual household survey that samples of the total population the atriskofpoverty rate only reflects current income situational needs wealth status and actual housing costs are not considered in germany the most claimed social assistance for this group is the socalled unemployment benefit ii based on book ii of the social code known as the hartz iv act