SAS Chapter 7 : page :7

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

7B household income and expenditure

Table 7B1 Average weekly household income, by source,1994-95 to 1996-97 ¹

		Scotland			UK
		1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97

Total number of households in sample		623	604	555	6,853	6,797	6,415

Average weekly disposable income per household ²	(Ł)	292.86	275.11	305.61	298.43	306.8	324.71

Average weekly gross income per household	(Ł)	362.96	336.42	367.4	369.25	380.89	396.86

Source of income		(Ł)
Wages and salaries ³		231.69	218.9	242.64	237.94	245.01	256.27
Self-employment		31.25	23.56	28.65	35.25	32.90	37.48
Social security benefits ⁴		55.34	55.42	59.15	49.86	52.36	54.09
Other income		44.68	38.54	36.95	46.20	50.62	49.01

Source of income	(percentage of total)
Wages and salaries³		63.8	65.1	66.0	64.4	64.3	64.6
Self-employment		8.6	7.0	7.8	9.5	8.6	9.4
Social security benefits ⁴		15.2	16.5	16.1	13.5	13.7	13.6
Other income		12.3	11.5	10.1	12.5	13.3	12.3

Source: Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Survey

¹ Financial years.

² Gross weekly income less the statutory deductions and payments of income tax and national insurance contributions.

³ Wages and salaries are taken as normal gross earnings.

⁴ Excluding housing benefit and council tax benefit.

Chart 7B1 Sources of average gross weekly household income, 1996-97

Pie Chart

Source: Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Survey