Accredited official statistics

Households Below Average Income: 1994/95 to 2015/16

Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households for financial years 1994/95 to 2015/16.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 16 March 2017

Documents

Households below average income: an analysis of the income distribution 1994/95 to 2015/16

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78425-912-9

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Supporting data tables (ODS)

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Households below average income (HBAI): quality and methodology information report 2015/16

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Details

This Households Below Average Income (HBAI) report presents information on living standards in the United Kingdom year on year from 1994/1995 to 2015/2016.

It provides estimates on the number and percentage of people living in low-income households based on disposable income. Figures are also provided for children, pensioners, working-age adults and individuals living in a family where someone is disabled.

Use our infographic to find out how low income is measured in HBAI.

Most of the figures in this report come from the Family Resources Survey, a representative survey of around 19,000 households in the UK.

We have published all of the publication tables, in ODS format. These are available to download above as a ZIP file. The publication tables in CSV format are available on request.

Published 16 March 2017