APPENDIX 1
Table 1
RISK OF POVERTY* BY FAMILY TYPE
|
| Percentage below the poverty line |
1979 | 2001-02
|
|
| One-parent families | 26
| 53 |
| Couples with children | 11
| 20 |
| All families | 13
| 22 |
|
*Defined as below 60% median disposable income, including the
self-employed, after housing costs
Source:
DWP/ONS (2003) Households Below Average Income: 1994-95—2001-2002,
Leeds: CDS; and figures supplied by DWP, HBAI team.
Table 2
RISK OF CHILD POVERTY* BY FAMILY TYPE IN 2001-02
|
| Number below 60% median income (millions)
| Proportion below 60% median income (%)
| All children (millions=100%)
|
|
| One-parent families | 1.7
| 54 | 3.1
|
| Couple families | 2.1
| 22 | 9.7
|
| All children | 3.8
| 30 | 12.8
|
|
*Defined as below 60% median disposable income, including the
self-employed, after housing costs.
Source:
dWP/ONS (2003) Households Below Average Income: 1994-95—2001-02,
Leeds: CDS; and figures supplied by DWP, HBAI team
Table 3
FAMILY COMPOSITION OF POOR CHILDREN IN 2001-02
|
| Proportion of children below 60% median income (%)
| All children (%) |
|
| One-parent families | 45
| 25 |
| Couple families | 55
| 75 |
| All children | 100 (=3.8 million)
| 100 (=12.8 million) |
|
Poverty defined as below 60% median disposable income, including
the self-employed, after housing costs
Source:
DWP/ONS (2003) Households Below Average Income: 1994-95—2001-02,
Leeds: CDS; and figures supplied by DWP, HBAI team
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