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Share of persons by type of household with low equalised disposable income

Type of householdIncome <60% of the median valueAmount 2013
199119952000200520062007200820092010201120122013TotalSample
All persons
7.3 7.3 9.3 10.1 10.2 12.2 13.2 13.4 14.1 14.4 13.8 14.1 9 304 111 38 555
All persons 20– years
7.0 6.5 8.5 9.0 9.2 11.2 12.3 12.5 13.1 13.5 13.0 12.9 7 153 600 27 558
Single without children
13.3 10.4 15.1 15.4 15.8 20.2 21.7 22.1 23.2 23.5 23.1 21.7 2 289 360 4 708
20–29 years
14.8 19.0 22.1 30.5 29.7 30.0 30.7 34.5 33.7 34.4 33.9 32.4 496 109 1 016
30–49 years
7.1 8.9 9.6 10.0 11.1 12.3 15.0 16.2 18.4 16.1 17.7 17.3 527 486 1 106
50–64 years
4.3 4.5 7.4 8.6 8.4 11.4 14.2 14.1 16.5 18.7 16.6 17.8 480 236 977
65–74 years
14.1 6.9 12.4 10.5 9.7 18.2 19.5 18.6 19.7 18.6 20.0 15.8 364 666 751
75– years
25.2 9.6 22.6 17.1 19.0 29.7 30.0 25.7 27.7 29.7 27.0 24.3 420 864 858
Single
11.2 10.0 14.4 16.2 17.5 20.4 23.2 23.5 24.9 24.9 22.7 22.9 584 796 3 696
Single with children,
0–19 years[2]
11.1 12.3 15.7 19.3 21.0 24.6 29.5 27.0 29.9 30.6 28.9 30.4 332 048 2 552
Other single households[3]
11.4 6.0 11.4 9.6 9.8 11.9 12.8 17.0 15.7 14.6 13.1 13.1 252 748 1 144
Cohabiting
3.9 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.4 7.0 6.4 6.8 4 279 444 19 154
20–29, without cildren
1.6 3.8 3.0 7.6 5.1 5.7 8.4 9.3 11.5 6.9 5.1 8.6 139 404 586
30–49, without cildren
1.8 3.4 3.8 2.9 2.3 3.1 5.2 4.9 6.5 7.2 4.8 5.3 190 261 778
50–64, without cildren
2.6 2.8 2.6 1.7 2.2 1.5 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 677 356 2 623
65–74, without cildren
3.2 1.9 3.3 1.9 2.9 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.8 4.6 3.4 2.9 631 478 2 479
75–, without cildren
8.6 1.9 4.6 3.8 3.2 7.9 6.0 3.8 5.1 7.6 5.4 5.1 351 932 1 406
Cohabiting with children,
0–19 years[2]
5.1 6.4 6.7 7.9 7.6 8.7 8.9 9.7 9.2 9.4 9.3 10.1 1 877 314 8 678
1 child
3.1 5.0 5.0 7.2 6.3 7.3 7.6 7.9 9.4 7.6 8.1 8.6 674 554 3 447
2 children
4.3 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.9 6.8 7.5 8.7 5.9 7.3 7.5 7.8 882 058 3 788
3 or more children
10.2 11.3 11.3 14.5 14.7 16.5 15.0 16.2 17.7 19.2 16.9 19.9 320 702 1 443
Other cohabiting households[3]
1.6 2.9 2.8 3.6 3.2 5.4 4.7 3.4 4.3 5.0 4.3 5.3 411 698 2 604
All 0–19 years
8.4 9.9 11.6 13.5 13.4 15.2 16.2 16.4 17.3 17.3 16.7 17.9 2 150 511 10 997
Children to single parents
12.3 14.3 18.8 24.1 24.6 28.6 34.3 30.4 35.8 36.0 34.6 36.5 456 644 3 584
Children to single women
13.8 13.1 20.6 26.9 27.1 33.2 38.3 34.3 40.6 40.8 39.4 41.9 354 582 2 838
Children to single men
3.9 22.3 8.4 10.6 16.1 11.1 17.9 14.7 17.1 20.3 17.1 18.0 102 062 746
Children to cohabiting
6.6 7.7 8.0 9.3 9.1 10.6 10.4 11.2 10.6 11.7 11.1 12.1 1 674 433 7 361
Not living with parents
49.9 57.4 80.2 72.8 76.4 79.9 82.4 83.8 85.6 83.1 88.4 87.3 19 433 52

1) Low income is defined as persons living in households with a equalised disposable income which is less than 60% of the median for all.

2) Individuals in households consisting of the reference person, his / her cohabiting, at least one child aged 0-19 and, where appropriate, other adults, in most cases children aged 20 years and older.

3) Other persons are individuals in households without children, where except from the reference person and his / her cohabiting, other adults are included. Other adults are in most cases children aged 20 years and older.

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