Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2024
Annual statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families.
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This release has replaced DWP’s Children in out-of-work benefit households and HMRC’s Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure releases.
For both Relative and Absolute measures, Before Housing Costs, these annual statistics include counts of children by geography, including by:
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local authority
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Westminster parliamentary constituency
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Ward
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Middle Super Output Area
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year (2014 to 2023)
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age of child
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gender of child
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family type
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work status of the family
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