The Scottish Government

The income and poverty statistics branch publishes the Scottish Household Below Average Income Statistics Publication Notice around March of each year. This year the publication was delayed until June.

The publication includes:

• Estimates of the proportion of people in Scotland living in relative low-income poverty before housing costs (this is the Scottish Government's National Indicator Number 14)
• Estimates of the proportions of children living in absolute and relative low income poverty households before housing costs and in combined low income and material deprivation in Scotland (to monitor the UK Government's commitment to eradicate Child Poverty by 2020)
• Estimates of the proportions and numbers of all individuals, children, working age adults and pensioners in both absolute and relative low income poverty households before and after housing costs
• Notes, definitions and low income measurement methodological guide

These estimates are derived from the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Households Below Average Income (HBAI) analysis, which is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS)

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Scottish Households Below Average Income 2006/07

This annual compendium publication presents a range of official statistics relevant to the Scottish economy.

Income and poverty statistics were contributed to both Article 1 on the Income Distribution in Scotland which explores income inequality, and Chapter 5 which examines the income and expenditure of households in Scotland including:

• The number of family units and persons in each family type
• Total income and medians
• Working age claimants of key benefits by statistical group and Local Authority
• Recipients of the main benefits in Scotland
• Families with child or working tax credit awards, or with children and receiving out-of-work benefits
• Mean weekly household expenditure

In addition it contains articles on innovations in knowledge-intensive services and exports to the rest of the UK.

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Scottish Economic Statistics 2007

The High level Summary of Equality Statistics is a compendium of equality statistics which presents statistical trends on the main areas of Government activity in Scotland across a number of equality dimensions including age, disability, ethnicity, gender and in some cases religion.

It provides a standardised, concise format for each topic and provides a route into more detailed statistics on each topic and each equality dimension by listing relevant publications and website.

Income and poverty statistics were contributed to chapter 12: Social and Welfare which details the following:

• Individual Income by gender and ethnic group
• Low income by age and family type
• Low income by age and employment status
• Low income by age and gender
• Low income by age and disability
• Income of the 15% most deprived areas in Scotland

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High Level Summary of Equality Statistics 2006

Download income and poverty contribution to the High level Summary of Equality Statistics 2006 in Microsoft Excel format

The High Level Summary of Statistics presents statistical trends on the main areas of Government activity in Scotland.

It provides a similar, concise format for each topic, presenting information graphically where possible and providing a route into more detailed statistics by listing relevant publications and related websites after each trend.

Income and poverty statistics were contributed to chapter 12: Social and Welfare which details the following statistics:

• Equivalised household income distributions
• Absolute and relative low income trends, both before and after housing costs
• Summary information relating to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
• Rural economic activity

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High Level Summary of Statistics 2006

The Futures Project Trend Analyses highlights some of the main trends - or influences - that are likely to affect Scotland over the next 20 years or so. It uses both quantitative and qualitative evidence to indicate which factors are likely to be significant in driving change over the medium and long-term.

Income and poverty statistics were contributed to the Shape of Society paper and cover:

• Low income trends
• Income inequality (10th and 90th percentile trend comparisons)
• Income inequality (10th and 90th percentile median income growth comparisons)

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The Futures Project - Trend Analyses papers 2006

Please use the following couple of links to search through all Scottish Executive statistics publications as well as for information about future, planned publications:

• Publications
  An interactive list of all statistics publications produced for the Social and Welfare and Economy theme.
• Forthcoming publications
  Information on future statistics publications for the coming year across all Statistics themes.