Dataset: Family Resources Survey (Adult, Individual, Household, Household Food Security)

Field: Household total, gross Income from all sources (in bands with £100 widths) in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

Description

The total gross income in bands with £100 widths received by a household from all income sources, in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms), as reported by FRS respondents, where:

• A household consists of one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address, who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area. A household will consist of one or more benefit units.
• The total gross income received by a household from all sources includes:
• Earnings from employment and self-employment
• Investment income
• Income from Retirement Pension plus any Income Support or Pension Credit paid with it
• Pension income
• Income from disability benefits
• Income from other benefits
• Income from Tax Credits
• Universal Credit income
• Remaining income

Classification

Applicable to: all adults and all individuals in a household.

• Under £100 per week
• £100 but less than £200
• £200 but less than £300
• £300 but less than £400
• £400 but less than £500
• £500 but less than £600
• £600 but less than £700
• £700 but less than £800
• £800 but less than £900
• £900 but less than £1,000
• £1,000 or more
• Not applicable

Number of categories: 12

Quality Statement

Earnings from employment include both earnings from adults plus any earnings from children.

For 2020-21 and 2021-22, wages are treated as earnings rather than state support, irrespective of any support payments from CJRS that the respondent's employer was receiving in respect of their employment.

For 2020-21 and 2021-22, self-employed earnings do not include any reported grant amounts received as part of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

Several respondents have more than one job. The FRS identifies which of these is their "main job" which is the job which the respondent says is the dominant activity. Where they cannot decide, the number of hours worked will determine which is the main job. This process of categorisation also applies to respondents who are employees in one job but self-employed in another; whilst the survey will capture information on both of these jobs, only one can be their main job.

Further information can be found in the FRS Background Note and Methodology here.

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