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How low income is measured in households below average income statistics

A brief graphical explanation of how low income is measured when producing households below average income statistics.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 5 June 2015
• Last updated: 26 September 2016 — See all updates

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How low income is measured in households below average income

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This includes guidance on how:

• income data undergoes equivalisation (which allows comparisons to be made of individuals of different ages from different sized households)
• housing costs are considered
• median household income is used to find the number of people in low-income households
• inequality measures are produced
• confidence intervals are used to show uncertainty around the estimates

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Published 5 June 2015

Last updated 26 September 2016 + show all updates

1. 26 September 2016

   Added HTML version of infographic

2. 28 June 2016

   Updated low income infographic includes latest data.

3. 5 June 2015

   First published.