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Mr. Nicholas Brown
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures for 1979 and 1987 showing, on an equivalent income basis, the proportion of each of the following household types in each quintile of (a) original and (b) post-tax income, as defined in the annual articles in Economic Trends on the effects of taxes and benefits, (i) one adult with children, (ii) two adults with children, (iii) non-retired without children and (iv) retired.
Mr. Maude
The information is not available in the precise form requested because there is now only one method of ranking used to produce the annual article in Economic Trends, and this uses equivalised disposable
| Percentages of household types within each quintile group of equivalised disposable income, 1979 and 1987 | ||||||
| Quintile groups of equivalised disposable income | ||||||
| Household type | Bottom | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Top | All households |
| 1979 | ||||||
| 1 adult with children | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 adults with children | 16 | 32 | 43 | 33 | 18 | 28 |
| Non-retired without children | 11 | 23 | 33 | 51 | 73 | 38 |
| Retired | 65 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 or more adults with children | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 1987 | ||||||
| 1 adult with children | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 adults with children | 19 | 21 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 24 |
| Non-retired without children | 19 | 22 | 38 | 52 | 70 | 40 |
| Retired | 48 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 or more adults with children | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
Source: Central Statistical Office based on Family Expenditure Survey.