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

Field: Household total, gross Income from other sources in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

Options

• Weighted Median of Household total, gross Income from other sources 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 total, gross Income from other sources 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 total, gross income received by the household from other 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.
• Payments from all other sources include, for example, baby-sitting, allowances from absent spouses including child maintenance, organisations, royalties, odd jobs, sub-tenants, educational grants, alimony and Healthy Start Vouchers.

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

Quality Statement

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

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