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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 7B3 Average weekly household income and expenditure, by household group, 1996-97 1 |
Scotland |
All |
One adult |
Two or more adults |
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no children |
with one |
with no |
with one or |
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adult of |
adult under |
adult of |
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| Total number of households in sample | 555 |
158 |
77 |
81 |
33 |
204 |
160 |
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| Average weekly income per household | (£) | 367.40 |
172.71 |
224.45 |
123.53 |
170.84 |
434.69 |
514.39 |
| Percentage of gross household income: | ||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 66.0 |
49.1 |
77.5 |
* |
44.0 |
65.6 |
73.6 |
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| Self-employed | 7.8 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
- |
5.5 |
11.6 |
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| Investments | 2.7 |
4.0 |
1.3 |
8.6 |
.. |
3.8 |
1.2 |
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| Annuities and pensions 2 | 5.7 |
9.2 |
.. |
23.7 |
.. |
9.1 |
.. |
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| Social security benefits 3 | 16.1 |
31.8 |
11.6 |
66.6 |
47.3 |
15.0 |
10.0 |
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| Other sources | 1.7 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7.1 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
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| Average weekly household expenditure | (£) | |||||||
| Housing (accommodation costs, repairs and improvements) | 39.28 |
22.09 |
29.60 |
14.95 |
.. |
42.85 |
55.43 |
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| Fuel, light and power | 14.09 |
10.42 |
9.71 |
11.10 |
15.74 |
14.84 |
16.39 |
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| Food | 56.08 |
25.67 |
28.55 |
22.93 |
43.86 |
61.47 |
81.74 |
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| Alcoholic drink | 12.28 |
7.09 |
10.65 |
3.72 |
3.67 |
15.45 |
15.12 |
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| Tobacco | 7.84 |
3.95 |
6.55 |
1.48 |
9.56 |
8.71 |
10.20 |
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| Clothing and footwear | 17.06 |
8.09 |
11.60 |
4.75 |
6.54 |
16.38 |
28.96 |
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| Household goods (excluding audio-visual equipment) | 24.17 |
10.57 |
15.32 |
6.05 |
15.82 |
26.62 |
36.20 |
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| Household services | 14.97 |
10.75 |
12.26 |
9.32 |
9.73 |
13.36 |
22.27 |
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| Personal goods and services | 9.05 |
3.72 |
4.66 |
2.83 |
5.50 |
11.29 |
12.20 |
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| Motoring expenditure | 41.98 |
16.51 |
26.60 |
6.91 |
10.56 |
52.32 |
60.44 |
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| Fares and other travel costs | 6.89 |
3.44 |
5.62 |
1.36 |
6.33 |
8.48 |
8.37 |
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| Television, audio and other leisure goods | 13.55 |
6.11 |
7.89 |
4.41 |
5.42 |
16.17 |
19.22 |
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| Leisure services | 28.19 |
13.21 |
14.33 |
12.15 |
.. |
35.74 |
36.21 |
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| Miscellaneous | 2.17 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
6.07 |
0.95 |
4.95 |
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Survey |
| 1 Financial year. |
| 2 Other than social security benefits. |
| 3 Excluding housing benefit and council tax benefit. |
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