Pensioners' Incomes Series
The links below include the latest in a series and some earlier reports. Reports not listed can be obtained from the contact point given in the individual Adobe Acrobat documents.
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Pensioners' Incomes Series 2007/08
The National Statistics First Release contains a digest of key results taken from the Pensioners' Incomes Series 2007-08 published 7th May 2009.The Pensioners' Incomes Series 2007/8 (477KB) is the latest full edition of the annual Pensioners' Incomes (PI) Series. It contains estimates and interpretation of trends in the levels and sources of pensioners' incomes, based on two household surveys. Information on the latest year (and the ten preceding years) is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS), while historical trends are examined using the Family Expenditure Survey (FES).
Previous editions
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2006/07 (Revised)
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2006/07 - Main tables in Microsoft Excel Format (Revised)
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2005/06 (Revised)
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2005/06 - Main tables in Microsoft Excel Format (Revised)
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2004/05
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2004/05 - Main tables in Microsoft Excel Format
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2003/04
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2003/04 - Main tables in Microsoft Excel Format
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2002/03
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2002/03 - Main tables in Microsoft Excel Format
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2001/02
- The Pensioners’ Incomes Series 2000/01
- Technical Annex 2000/01
- Pensioners' Incomes Series 1999/00
- Technical Annex 1999/00
- Pensioners' Incomes Series 1998/99
- Pensioners' Incomes Series 1997/98
PI Methodological papers
- No 1: Occupational Pension Receipt (1999)
- No 2: Negative incomes (1999)
- No 3: Personal pension incomes (2000)
- No 4: Personal pension incomes - update (2001)
- No 5: Publication policy for estimates subject to sampling error (2001)
- No 7: Definition of pensioner units (2001)
- No 8: Income from annuities (2001)
- No 9: Personal pensions income - 2nd update (2001)
- No 10: Use of in-year deflation (2001)
National Statistics Quality Review
The National Statistics Quality Review of Households Below Average Income and Pensioners' Income series was published on 27th February 2004.
Other methodological papers (links to other sites)
- Consultation on 'Comparisons over time for low income statistics' (2000)
- Comparisons of income data between the Family Expenditure Survey and the Family Resources Survey (1999)
- Income Distribution data for the UK: Robustness Assessment Report (Family Expenditure Survey data; 1998)
Comments
We are always looking to improve the content and presentation of the Pensioners' Incomes Series. If you have any comments on the publication or on any of the PI methodological papers, please send them to us at the following address:
Pensioners-incomes@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Full contact details are available in the latest edition of the Pensioners' Incomes Series.
Forthcoming releases
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