Household Income from Disability Benefits in latest prices (weekly, CPI-adjusted real terms)

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

Field: Household Income from Disability Benefits in latest prices (weekly, CPI-adjusted real terms)

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Weighted Median of Household Income from Disability Benefits in latest prices (weekly, CPI-adjusted real 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 Disability Benefits in latest prices (weekly, CPI-adjusted real 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 disability benefits in latest prices (weekly, in CPI-adjusted real 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.
'Disability-related benefits' is the term used to describe all benefits paid on the grounds of disability. These are:

Personal Independence Payment - Daily Living
Personal Independence Payment - Mobility
Disability Living Allowance - Self Care
Disability Living Allowance - Mobility
Severe Disablement Allowance
Attendance Allowance
War Disablement Pension/Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Adult Disability Payment
Child Disability Payment
Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

Quality Statement

Before 2008 to 2009 Incapacity Benefit was also in the 'disability-related benefits' group.

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