High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Individuals in Relative Low Income
Relative low income is a measure of whether those in the lowest income households are keeping pace with the growth of incomes in the economy as a whole.
The number of individuals in relative low income households before housing costs fell by 11%, from 980,000 in 1998/99 to 880,000 in 2005/06.
After housing costs numbers fell by 13%, from 1,130,000 in 1998/99 to 990,000 in 2005/06.
Source: DWP Family Resource Survey, Household Below Average Income datasets
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