Official Statistics

Households below average income and Pensioners' incomes series: revisions to 2008/09 and 2009/10 results

Note explaining why DWP revised the 2008/09 and 2009/10 HBAI data series and the 2008/09 and 2009/10 pensioners' incomes data series.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 21 May 2013

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Households below average income: revision to 2008/09 and 2009/10 results: note

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In the course of validating the households below average income (HBAI) statistics, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department for Social Development (Northern Ireland) statisticians identified an inconsistency in the way Northern Ireland rates were being calculated over time. As a result the proportion of population groups in low-income households has been overestimated. The effect on UK low-income statistics is likely to be very small (of the order of 0.1 percentage points lower) while the effect on Northern Ireland low-income statistics is likely to be larger (of the order of 1 or 2 percentage points lower).

Published 21 May 2013