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Indicator: Poverty and social exclusion H4
Selected indicators for working age people, children and the elderly: 1990 to 2003  
Indicator Chart
Note: [1] England.
Change since
cross 1970
curvey 1990
tick Strategy [2]

Coverage: Great Britain

Source: DWP, DTI

Objective: Tackle poverty and social exclusion
  • The proportion of working-age people who live in households where no-one works has fallen gradually since the mid 1990s. There has been steady progress in the proportion of working age people without a qualification, which has fallen from 26.4 per cent in 1993 to 14.8 per cent in 2003.
  • The proportion of single elderly households experiencing fuel poverty fell from 77 per cent in 1991 to 28 per cent in 2001. The proportion of children living in households with relative low-incomes fell between 1996-7 and 2001-2, from 34 per cent to 30 per cent.
Note: [2] 1996 (single elderly households experiencing fuel poverty), 1996-7 (Children in low-income households), 1998 (working age people in workless households), 1999 (working age people with no qualifications).

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