Select Committee on Work and Pensions Written Evidence

APPENDIX 1

EQUIVALENCE SCALES

		McClements (BHC)	McClements (AHC)	Modified OECD
Head		0.61	0.55	0.67
Spouse		0.39	0.45	0.33
Each dependent child
	0-1	0.09	0.07	0.2
	2-4	0.18	0.18	0.2
	5-7	0.21	0.21	0.2
	8-10	0.23	0.23	0.2
	11-12	0.25	0.26	0.2
	13	0.27	0.28	0.2
	14 and 15	0.27	0.28	0.3
	16 and over	0.36	0.38	0.3
Source:
Appendices 2 and 5 HBAI 2001-02

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Prepared 22 January 2004