# Data definitions

One row per canton or Switzerland and year, 2015 to 2025.

- `canton_code`: canton number of the source table (1 Zurich to 26 Jura); "CH" for Switzerland · unit: code
- `canton`: canton name as written in the source table · unit: text
- `year`: calendar year, counted in December · unit: year
- `recipients`: recipients of a helplessness allowance of the AHV in December, all degrees · unit: people
- `light`: recipients of the light degree in December · unit: people
- `medium`: recipients of the medium degree in December · unit: people
- `severe`: recipients of the severe degree in December · unit: people
- `amount_kchf`: helplessness allowances paid in December · unit: thousand CHF
- `old_age_pensions`: old age pensions in December, all nationalities, both sexes · unit: pensions
- `per_1000_pensions`: recipients per 1’000 old age pensions, one decimal · unit: rate