§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 11 January,Official Report, columns 545–58, concerning the proportion of households of different types within each quintile group of equivalised disposable income, if he will publish similar figures for decile groups.
§ Mr. Nelson[holding answer 25 February 1993]: The figures are given in the table:
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Percentage of household types within each decile group of equivalised disposable income, 1979 and 1989 Decile groups of equivalised disposable income Household type Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top All 1979 One adult with children 7 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 Two adults with children 15 16 27 37 46 40 38 28 20 16 28 Non-retired without children 15 8 18 28 29 36 45 56 69 76 38 Retired 62 69 45 21 11 10 4 5 4 3 23 Three or more adults with children 2 3 6 10 11 13 11 10 6 4 8 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1989 One adult with children 11 10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 Two adults with children 18 13 12 27 34 32 31 27 23 20 24 Non-retired without children 21 17 18 29 37 44 51 59 63 72 41 Retired 47 57 59 32 21 13 10 8 9 5 26 Three or more adults with children 3 4 4 7 6 9 7 6 4 2 5 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 The figures in the table are rounded and may not add up to 100.
Source: Central Statistical Office, based on Family Expenditure Survey.