Household Income from State Pension, Income Support and Pension Credit in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

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

Field: Household Income from State Pension, Income Support and Pension Credit in year prices (weekly, in nominal terms)

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Weighted Median of Household Income from State Pension, Income Support and Pension Credit 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 State Pension, Income Support and Pension Credit 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 State Pension, Income Support and Pension Credit 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

For any adults who are over State Pension age, any State Pension plus any Pension Credit which is received; these benefits are shown together because of known problems with separating these amounts for pensioners.

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