why ABS use household rather than individual income levels? (1 Viewer)

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why does ABS use household rather than individual income levels? for measuring say income distribution?

 

[mattchan]

Because people are married and they share their income. So in a sense, if Person A earns $1 and his partner earns $90,000, the household in total aint poor.

 

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ahh okay. so using household is a way to diminish the inequality in the distribution of income/wealth figure?

 

[nick1048]

diminish???

I'm not sure what your question means. But using the household is a way of determining a more accurate distribution of income and from there the ABS can obtain more accurate trends. If individuals were used the figures the ABS puts out would be distorted.