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Pensioners' incomes series: financial year 2016/17

Estimates and interpretation of trends in the level and sources of pensioners’ incomes.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 22 March 2018
• Last updated: 7 August 2018
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  1. 7 August 2018

     Data tables updated. In Table 3.1, wording has been corrected, for example benefit income has been corrected to occupational income, in Table 3.12, 2 headings have been changed from ‘All pensioner units’ to ‘All benefit units’ and a footnote has been added, and in Table 5.6, a footnote has been added which explains that values cannot be compared with previous publications due to a different methodology.

  2. 22 March 2018

     Published revised versions of pensioners' incomes series report, data tables and background information and methodology. Changes include corrections to links and terminology.

  3. 22 March 2018

     First published.

Documents

Pensioners' incomes series: An analysis of trends in Pensioner Incomes: 1994/95 to 2016/17

Ref: ISBN: 978-1-78659-008-4

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Data tables: Pensioners' incomes series 2016/17

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Pensioners' incomes series background information and methodology 2016/17

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Details

This publication includes estimates and commentary on:

• trends in pensioners’ incomes (split by different pensioner groups)
• sources of pensioners’ incomes
• distribution of pensioners’ incomes

Data is based on estimates from the Family Resources Survey for financial year 2016/17, in which approximately 19,000 households were interviewed.

We’ve also published data tables in ODS spreadsheet format and a background information and methodology report.