A National Statistics Publication for Scotland: Scottish Households Below Average Income, 2006/07

Annex 1: Households below 50%, 60% and 70% of median income

These tables, in addition to the headline below 60% of median estimates, also show the numbers of children, working aged adults and pensioners in households whose equivalised income is below 50% and 70% of the median. These give an idea of the depth of low income. A 50% of median threshold is lower than a 60% and so represents the greatest depth of poverty.

Table A1.1: CHILDREN in ABSOLUTE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	19	210	25	270	32	350	34	380	40	440	41	450
1995/96	19	210	25	280	33	370	36	400	44	480	47	520
1996/97	19	210	27	290	34	370	36	400	42	460	45	500
1997/98	19	210	24	260	31	340	32	350	40	430	42	460
1998/99	17	180	23	250	28	300	31	330	37	400	38	410
1999/00	13	140	18	190	26	280	30	320	35	380	38	400
2000/01	10	110	13	140	22	230	25	270	32	340	34	370
2001/02	8	90	12	120	16	170	20	210	31	330	33	350
2002/03	7	70	10	100	16	170	19	200	26	270	26	270
2003/04	6	70	9	90	15	160	18	180	25	260	26	270
2004/05	6	60	9	90	13	130	15	160	22	220	23	230
2005/06	6	60	8	80	12	130	14	140	22	220	22	220
2006/07	7	70	9	90	12	120	15	150	22	220	22	220

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

Table A1.2: CHILDREN in RELATIVE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	12	140	18	200	28	310	30	330	36	390	37	410
1995/96	13	140	19	210	27	300	32	360	38	420	40	450
1996/97	17	180	24	270	31	340	33	360	39	430	42	460
1997/98	16	180	22	240	30	330	31	330	39	430	41	450
1998/99	17	180	23	250	28	300	31	330	37	400	38	410
1999/00	14	160	22	240	28	300	32	350	37	390	39	420
2000/01	12	130	18	190	27	280	32	340	37	390	38	400
2001/02	13	130	17	180	27	280	31	330	38	400	40	420
2002/03	13	140	18	190	25	260	27	280	36	370	37	390
2003/04	12	120	17	180	24	250	27	280	31	320	33	340
2004/05	10	100	16	160	21	210	25	250	31	310	33	330
2005/06	11	110	15	150	21	210	24	250	30	300	31	310
2006/07	11	110	15	150	21	210	25	250	32	320	33	330

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

Table A2.1: WORKING AGED ADULTS in ABSOLUTE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	12	370	15	470	19	590	22	660	25	770	27	830
1995/96	10	310	14	430	18	550	20	610	25	750	28	850
1996/97	10	300	15	450	18	540	21	650	24	740	27	810
1997/98	10	300	13	400	16	490	19	560	23	690	24	740
1998/99	9	270	14	420	15	450	19	570	22	680	24	730
1999/00	8	230	12	370	15	470	19	580	22	680	24	730
2000/01	9	260	12	370	16	470	18	550	21	640	24	720
2001/02	7	200	9	280	11	350	14	430	18	550	20	600
2002/03	7	220	10	310	14	410	16	480	19	560	20	600
2003/04	6	180	9	270	11	350	13	410	17	500	18	540
2004/05	6	170	9	280	11	320	13	390	16	470	17	530
2005/06	6	190	9	270	11	330	13	400	16	480	18	540
2006/07	6	180	9	270	10	300	12	390	14	450	16	490

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

Table A2.2: WORKING AGED ADULTS in RELATIVE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	9	290	12	380	17	510	18	560	22	670	23	710
1995/96	7	220	11	330	14	440	18	540	21	650	23	700
1996/97	9	270	14	410	16	490	19	580	23	680	25	750
1997/98	9	270	12	380	16	470	18	540	22	670	23	710
1998/99	9	270	14	420	15	450	19	570	22	680	24	730
1999/00	9	270	14	420	17	510	20	600	23	710	25	760
2000/01	11	320	15	450	18	540	22	650	25	740	27	800
2001/02	9	280	13	400	16	490	19	570	23	680	25	750
2002/03	12	350	15	460	18	530	20	620	24	720	26	780
2003/04	10	290	13	400	16	480	18	560	21	630	23	690
2004/05	9	270	13	400	15	460	18	560	21	650	23	710
2005/06	10	300	14	410	15	470	19	590	21	650	24	730
2006/07	9	270	13	390	14	440	18	550	21	660	24	740

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

Table A3.1: PENSIONERS in ABSOLUTE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	17	140	17	140	35	300	39	340	50	440	48	410
1995/96	16	140	17	150	37	320	37	330	49	430	49	420
1996/97	15	130	16	140	35	310	36	320	49	430	47	400
1997/98	13	110	14	120	26	230	30	260	40	350	39	340
1998/99	10	90	11	90	26	230	27	230	41	360	39	340
1999/00	13	110	12	100	23	200	25	220	38	340	36	320
2000/01	7	60	5	50	17	150	18	160	32	280	29	250
2001/02	5	50	5	40	13	120	12	100	27	240	26	230
2002/03	6	50	5	40	14	130	11	100	26	240	23	200
2003/04	5	40	5	40	12	110	9	80	24	210	18	160
2004/05	4	40	3	30	12	110	7	70	21	200	14	130
2005/06	5	50	3	30	11	100	6	60	21	190	12	120
2006/07	5	50	4	40	11	100	7	60	20	180	12	110

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

Table A3.2: PENSIONERS in RELATIVE low income Scottish households

	Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs		Before housing costs		After housing costs
	Below 50% of the median				Below 60% of the median				Below 70% of the median
	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)	%	(000s)
1994/95	12	100	9	70	26	220	29	250	45	390	43	370
1995/96	12	110	8	70	28	240	31	270	44	380	42	360
1996/97	13	120	12	100	30	260	33	290	47	410	44	380
1997/98	12	110	12	110	24	210	28	250	38	330	37	330
1998/99	10	90	11	90	26	230	27	230	41	360	39	340
1999/00	14	120	14	120	27	240	28	250	40	350	39	340
2000/01	9	80	10	90	24	210	25	220	37	330	34	300
2001/02	9	80	8	70	21	190	24	210	38	340	35	310
2002/03	11	100	10	90	23	210	25	220	39	350	36	320
2003/04	10	90	9	80	22	190	21	180	37	330	34	300
2004/05	10	100	7	70	20	190	16	150	34	310	29	270
2005/06	9	90	7	60	20	190	16	150	35	320	29	270
2006/07	9	90	7	70	20	180	15	140	34	310	30	270

Note: Due to rounding, the estimates for children, working age adults and pensioners may not sum to the total for all individuals.

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