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Table 2a: Fuel poverty by age and whether claiming benefits: 2003/04 - percentages
| Householder and partner / spouse under 60 | Householder or partner / spouse over 60 |
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Non-claimants | Claimants | Non-claimants | Claimants |
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Not Fuel Poor | 95 | 87 | 72 | 70 |
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< 8% of household income on fuel | 92 | 81 | 61 | 56 |
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8-10% of household income on fuel (marginal fuel poor) | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
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Fuel poor | 5 | 13 | 28 | 30 |
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10-13% of household income on fuel | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
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13-20% of household income on fuel | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
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> 20% of household income on fuel (extreme fuel poor) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
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All households | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Sample size (n = ) | 1,157 | 667 | 596 | 486 |
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Table 2b: Fuel poverty by age and eligibility for warm deal: 2003/04 - numbers
| Householder and partner / spouse under 60 | Householder or partner / spouse over 60 |
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Non-claimants | Claimants | Non-claimants | Claimants |
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Not Fuel Poor | 808,000 | 436,000 | 299,000 | 257,000 |
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< 8% of household income on fuel | 785,000 | 402,000 | 252,000 | 206,000 |
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8-10% of household income on fuel (marginal fuel poor) | 23,000 | 34,000 | 47,000 | 51,000 |
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Fuel poor | 42,000 | 63,000 | 115,000 | 108,000 |
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10-13% of household income on fuel | 16,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 | 33,000 |
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13-20% of household income on fuel | 8,000 | 22,000 | 51,000 | 39,000 |
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> 20% of household income on fuel (extreme fuel poor) | 17,000 | 15,000 | 37,000 | 36,000 |
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All households | 849,000 | 499,000 | 414,000 | 365,000 |
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Sample size (n = ) | 1,157 | 667 | 596 | 486 |
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1. "Claimants" refers to those in receipt of Warm Deal eligible benefits. These are: attendance allowance, council tax benefit, disability living allowance, working tax credit, housing benefit, job seeker's allowance, income support, industrial injuries disablement benefit, war disablement pension
2. Excludes households where an estimate for fuel poverty cannot be derived
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