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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>
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Trends in the number of children in absolute poverty can be found using the link below, in table 4.4tr, in the file \u201cchildren-trends-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods\u201d.<\/p>
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