Households Below Average Income Reports

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Households Below Average Income (HBAI) uses data collected in the Family Resources Survey (FRS) in Northern Ireland.  Household disposable incomes are adjusted for household size and composition, as a proxy for material living standards or, more precisely, for the level of consumption of goods and services that people could attain given the disposable income of the household in which they live.

The following tables for the years 2002-03 to 2004-05 are on a comparable basis with the 2005-06 and 2006-07 reports. They are based on the OECD Equivalisation Scale. Details on equivalisation using the OECD Scales can be found in Appendix 2 of the 2006-07 report.

Previous reports for the years 2002-03 to 2004-05 are based on the McClements Equivalisation scale

The next report in this series, for 2008-09, will be published on the 24th August 2010.