Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2010/11

This National Statistics publication presents annual estimates for the proportion and number of children, working age adults and pensioners living in low income households in Scotland. The estimates are used to measure progress towards UK and Scottish Government targets to reduce poverty and income inequality.

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Table A2: Absolute poverty (below 60% of inflation adjusted 1998/99 GB median income) in Scottish households: 1994/95 to 2010/11

All individuals

Children

Working Age Adults

Pensioners

Before Housing Costs

After Housing Costs

Before Housing Costs

After Housing Costs

Before Housing Costs

After Housing Costs

Before Housing Costs

After Housing Costs

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

%

000s

1994/95

25

1,240

28

1,380

32

350

34

380

19

590

22

660

35

300

39

340

1995/96

25

1,230

27

1,340

33

370

36

400

18

550

20

610

37

320

37

330

1996/97

24

1,220

27

1,360

34

370

36

400

18

540

21

650

35

310

36

320

1997/98

21

1,060

23

1,170

31

340

32

350

16

490

19

560

26

230

30

260

1998/99

20

980

23

1,130

28

300

31

330

15

450

19

570

26

230

27

230

1999/00

19

950

22

1,120

26

280

30

320

15

470

19

580

23

200

25

220

2000/01

17

850

20

990

22

230

25

270

16

470

18

550

17

150

18

160

2001/02

13

640

15

740

16

170

20

210

11

350

14

430

13

120

12

100

2002/03

14

710

16

770

16

170

19

200

14

410

16

480

14

130

11

100

2003/04

12

610

14

670

15

160

18

180

11

350

13

410

12

110

9

80

2004/05

11

560

12

620

13

130

15

160

11

320

13

390

12

110

7

70

2005/06

11

550

12

600

12

130

14

140

11

330

13

400

11

100

6

60

2006/07

10

510

12

600

12

120

15

150

10

300

12

390

11

100

7

60

2007/08

11

560

12

590

12

120

13

130

10

310

13

390

13

120

8

70

2008/09

11

540

13

640

11

110

15

150

11

340

14

440

9

90

6

50

2009/10

10

510

13

650

11

110

15

150

10

320

14

440

8

80

7

60

2010/11

10

490

12

610

10

100

13

130

10

300

13

410

9

90

6

60

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Note that the poverty estimates for 2008/09 and 2009/10 have been revised from the previous year's publication "Poverty and income inequality in Scotland: 2009/10". This is due to a slight revision to the UK dataset due to changes in the direct tax system in Northern Ireland and new tenure data from CLG.

Contact

Email: Anne MacDonald

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