Dataset Effects of taxes and benefits on household income: historical household-level datasets
About this Dataset
Main tables from the Effects of taxes and benefits on household income publication from 1977, including average incomes, taxes and benefits and household characteristics of all, retired and non-retired households in the UK by quintile and decile groups.Edition in this dataset
Important notes and usage information
These tables have been produced using the modified-OECD income equivalisation scale. Also supplied is an deflator which can be applied to the tables 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.
These datasets contain historical data. Previous versions are available.