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answer text: This information is not available for all periods requested. Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. HBAI uses household income adjusted (or ‘equivalised’) for household size and composition, to provide a proxy for standard of living. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS). Estimates on the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income in the UK have consistently been reported using the FRS since 1998/99; these estimates are available for each financial year up to 2011/12, the latest period for which estimates are available. It is not possible to provide fully consistent estimates for earlier periods. Child relative and absolute low income estimates are available from 1994/95 to 1997/98, for Great Britain only and UK-wide estimates are available for earlier periods covering full year 1987, two-year calendar periods from 1988-1989 to 1992-1993 and two-year financial periods from 1993/94-1994/95 to 1995/96-1996/97, based on results from the Family Expenditure Survey. All of these estimates can be found in the latest HBAI publication, available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112 (ISBN 978-1-78153-531-8). Relevant estimates can be found in Table 4.1tr - 4.4tr (on pages 102-5). We want to develop better measures of child poverty, which include, but go beyond income to provide a more accurate picture of the reality of child poverty and drive the right action. Our consultation on how best to measure child poverty closed on 15 February. The complexity of the issue means that we need to take time to ensure we have the best option for measuring child poverty. We will publish our response as soon as we can.
answer given date: 2013-12-03+00:00
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