§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will
GROSS WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LOCAL AUTHORITY TENANTS AS A PROPORTION OF THAT OF OWNER OCCUPIERS United Kingdom Lowest decile income Households with: Median income Households with: One child Two children Four children One child Two children Four children 1972 … … 0.68 0.73 0.80 0.85 0.78 0.70 1973 … … 0.69 0.83 0.69 0.87 0.81 0.75 1974 … … 0.71 0.78 0.79 0.80 0.82 0.67 1975 … … 0.71 0.80 0.90 0.88 0.82 0.84 Notes:
1. Information obtained from the family expenditure surveys and subject to sampling errors.
2. In 1972, the FES defined children as all persons under 16 years of age: subsequently children were taken as all unmarried persons under 18 years of age.
3. The data are representative of almost all households in the United Kingdom with one, two or four children.