§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the current average net incomes for(a) two and one-parent families with dependent children,(b) childless non-pensioner couples and (c) single non-pensioners in each decile of income; and how these have changed in real terms in each five-year period over the past 30 years. [16697]
Income before housing costs (£ per week equivalised) Decile group medians Decile 1 Decile 2 Decile 3 Decile 4 Decile 5 Decile 6 Decile 7 Decile 8 Decile 9 Decile 10 Total population (mean) Two and one parent families with dependent children 1994–95 (£ per week) 99 131 157 183 215 243 275 320 383 547 267 Change 1998–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) 5 6 5 2 5 5 6 8 7 8 6 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) 0 0 6 14 19 22 26 30 37 47 28 Childless non-pensioner couples 1994–95(£ per week) 124 188 237 279 314 352 396 455 550 780 384 Change 1988–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) 12 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 9 15 9 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) -4 8 11 11 16 20 25 31 39 47 30 Single non-pensioners 1994–95 (£ per week) 99 144 179 214 253 293 334 384 466 653 313 Change 1988–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) 1 3 0 -2 1 5 6 5 8 12 6 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) -3 -2 5 14 16 18 21 28 32 43 24
Income after housing costs (£ per week equivalised) Decile group medians Decile 1 Decile 2 Decile 3 Decile 4 Decile 5 Decile 6 Decile 7 Decile 8 Decile 9 Decile 10 Total population (mean) Two and one parent families with dependent children 1994–95 (£ per week) 69 97 119 149 178 206 236 273 332 481 226 Change 1988–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) -3 -1 -4 1 4 6 7 7 8 10 6 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) -9 -5 4 10 14 18 19 23 26 32 21 Childless non-pensioner couples 1994–95 (£ per week) 90 156 206 244 281 313 350 404 491 699 340 Change 1988–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) 3 3 5 7 7 6 6 7 10 15 9 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) -10 8 12 13 17 19 22 25 29 33 24 Single non-pensioners 1994–95 (£ per week) 52 102 142 184 222 259 302 348 421 605 275 Change 1988–89 to 1994–95 (per cent.) -29 -9 -8 -5 0 3 5 6 9 12 5 Change 1979 to 1988–89 (per cent.) -19 -9 3 13 14 17 19 22 24 31 20 Notes:
1. For 1988–89 the information is provided for two calendar years combined; 1994–95 represents the financial years 1994–95 and 1995–96 combined.
2. The survey does not track the same people over time; those at a particular point in the distribution in one year are not the same people as in another year.
3. All estimates are subject to sampling error. Numbers can also be affected by the choice of equivalence scale used to adjust household incomes for household size.
Source:
Households Below Average Income—July 1997 prices.