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Main tables from The Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income publication for 1977 onwards.
Main tables from The Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income publication for 1977 onwards
This deflator can be applied to the tables in this release to adjust for the effects of inflation over this period by multiplying the values of any financial variable by the deflator figure for the same year.
Average equivalised disposable income for all households
The percentage of households in the UK who receive more in benefits (both cash benefits and benefits in kind) than they pay in taxes (both direct and indirect), from 1977 to 2012/13.