<P> 1971: 4.9% (Fiegehen et al., FES) Unit: Household </P> <P> 1975: 11.3% (Berthoud and Brown, GHS) Unit: Household </P> <P> The most common measure for poverty, as used in the Child Poverty Act 2010, is' household income below 60 percent of median income' . The median is such an income that exactly a half of households earn more than that and the other half earns less . </P> <P> In 2014 / 5, the median income in the UK was £ 473 per week (£ 24,596 a year). Those earning 60% of this figure (£ 284 a week / £ 14,758 a year) were considered to be in the low income bracket . </P>

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