Household Income from other benefits in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

Dataset: Family Resources Survey (Adult, Child, Individual, Household)

Field: Household Income from other benefits in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

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Weighted Median of Household Income from other benefits in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

Weighted indicates that underlying sample of individuals in the Family Resources Survey (FRS) has been weighted or 'grossed up' to represent groups of individuals with certain characteristics in the whole population.
Median income is the middle Household income identified by dividing the population of individuals, when ranked by income, into two equal-sized groups.

Weighted Mean of Household Income from other benefits in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

Weighted indicates that underlying sample of individuals in the Family Resources Survey (FRS) has been weighted or 'grossed up' to represent groups of individuals with certain characteristics in the whole population.
Mean of household income is calculated by adding up incomes for each household in the population and dividing the result by the number of households.

Description

The income received by the household from other benefits (all forms of State Support excluding State Pension, plus Income Support and Pension Credit; disability benefits and Tax Credits) 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.

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

Quality Statement

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