The income of agricultural households comprises, at least in part, of entrepreneurial income.

The low income threshold was 50 per cent of the median (disposable) income of all households.

Eurostat's Income of the Agricultural Households Sector (IAHS) statistics has developed a definition of income to be used when estimating the incomes of agricultural households.

Relative income level per percentile reveals relative income levels of households at certain percentiles compared to the median income.

Wealthier households contribute up to 5 of their disposable income.

Their income supports at least 100,000 rural households.

The annual income of the richest 12,000 households is greater than that of the poorest 24 million households.

The annual income of the richest 12,000 households is greater than that of the poorest 24 million households.

An alternative way to examine a distribution of income is to compare the income of households at selected percentiles with the median income.

Meanwhile, low income Greek households have borne the brunt of austerity.

There are, however, some data on low income households.

Chinese households do save a lot, about one quarter of their income.

(a) Increased outreach of UNCDF supported financial intermediaries to low income households

(1977), 'The Characteristics of Low Income Households', Economic Trends, 8, 26 39.

ii) The average low income gap the difference between the average income of the low income households and the low income line (specified percentages of the median), as a percentage of that low income line and

This Handbook recommends the simplified definition of Disposable Income shown in table 4 for application to income measurement of agricultural households.

There is also disparity between income levels of male and female headed households.

The average income of households in the area was 36,574 the average income in the whole city is 55 217.

More than half of middle income households spend more each month than they earn.

This simplified list forms a useful template for estimating the income of agricultural households.

(c) Increased sustainability and efficiency of UNCDF supported financial intermediaries serving low income households

Farm households, like other self employed households, own assets that provide the basis for generating current money income.

In considering the definition of income to be used in analysing the income situation of agricultural households it is useful to review existing practice.

The average low income gap (ALG) is commonly used as an indicator of this intensity, which is defined as the difference between the average income of the low income households and the low income line, as a percentage of that low income line

In the US, the poorest 20 of households receive just 5 of total income, putting their income at around one fourth of the national average.

Over the past few years, the income share of the bottom 20 of households is at its lowest in over 30 years, while the income share of the top 5 20 of households is at its highest.

Recognizing that the potential for income generation by low income households at present lies primarily in the informal sector,

Reference has been made already to the pioneering typology of farm households developed by Eurostat in its Income of the Agricultural Households (IAHS) statistics.

Income and social disparities remain, primarily affecting children and female headed households.

Johnson, and Jeffrey W. Hopkins. Income, Wealth, and the Economic Well Being of Farm Households.

The 2002 03 HIES revealed disparity of disposable income between male and female headed households.

In fact, some households depend on these pensions for more than 50 of their income.

In 1999 only for households operating very large farms did income from the farm business contribute more than 80 percent of total income.

With this definition, the low income rate was higher among farm households than among non farm households in 13 countries.

The US, by contrast, is a case of failure, except for youth from high income households.

Among households headed by women, non agricultural income accounts for 77 per cent of the total.

Old age pensions paid by the state are an important source of income for poor households.

Many of those with the severest income problems will be de classified from being agricultural households.

This is the principal means by which low income households receive housing subsidies.

The units would be specially intended for low income households and rural areas.

The explanation for this is that, when measuring the disposable income of agricultural households using accounts based on agricultural households as institutional units, the presence of such subsidies and concessions will be reflected in the level of disposable income.

Moreover, higher house prices and rents distribute income from poorer households (which typically rent) to richer households (which own the houses).

It is also necessary to make clear divisions in regard to what is meant by low income households and vulnerable households.

In the US, the poorest 20 of households receive just 5 of total income, putting their income at around one fourth of the national average. In the Nordic countries, by contrast, the poorest 20 of households receive nearly 10 of total income, putting them at roughly one half of the national average.

14.8 According to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey conducted in 1999, the mean monthly income of all households in the country was VT 52,900.