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<p>Absolute low income takes the 60 per cent of median income threshold from 2010/11
and moves this in line with inflation. This is designed to assess how low incomes
are faring with reference to inflation. The percentage of individuals in absolute
low income will decrease if individuals with lower incomes see their real incomes
rising (increasing by more than inflation).</p><p> </p><p>Trends in the number of
children in absolute poverty can be found using the link below, in table 4.4tr, in
the file “children-trends-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Between 2004/05 and 2009/10 the number of children in absolute low
income households before housing costs fell, indicating that children in lower income
households saw their real incomes rise by more than inflation. However, the number
of children in absolute low income households after housing costs was 3.8m in both
2004/05 and 2009/10. This suggests that for low income households with children, these
real rises in income were offset by increasing housing costs during this period.</p>
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