Children in low income families: local area statistics: background information and methodology
Official statistics on the number of children living in low income families.
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Information about the Children in low income families: local area statistics methodology, including the context, purpose and source data of the statistics covered.
Updates to this page
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Added a new note accompanying March 2025 statistics with additional sections on methodological improvements to the statistics, and new guidance for users on interpretation of the statistics.
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Revised background information and methodology document. The latest release of Children in low income families: local area statistics has been published today, 21 March 2024.
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Revised background information and methodology document - the next release of 'Children in low income families: local area' statistics will be published on 23 March 2023.
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Revised background information and methodology document. Added new information on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and updated the information in section 7 (revisions), section 8 (interpretation of the statistics) and section 9 (uses of the data). The latest release of Children in low income families: local area statistics has been published today, 31 March 2021.
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Revised background information and methodology — updated to show that the statistics now cover the United Kingdom, they are no longer badged as Experimental and are now a DWP release (no longer a joint release with HMRC). Some methodological changes have also been explained. The latest release of Children in low income families: local area statistics has been published today, 25 March 2020.
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