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Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2017

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Table 4.1 Share of Equivalised Income by Decile
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Deciles	%	%	%	%	%	%
1	2.91	3.10	2.97	3.29	3.35	3.32
2	4.85	4.89	4.83	4.98	4.99	4.93
3	5.92	5.87	5.89	5.92	5.92	5.87
4	6.81	6.73	6.75	6.78	6.86	6.69
5	7.85	7.72	7.76	7.89	7.96	7.72
6	9.05	9.00	8.95	9.09	9.16	8.97
7	10.54	10.48	10.42	10.52	10.53	10.32
8	12.44	12.36	12.44	12.46	12.22	12.31
9	15.34	15.29	15.30	15.17	14.75	15.20
10	24.28	24.56	24.70	23.90	24.25	24.68

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Table 4.2 Sample size by demographic characteristics and year
		Number of households			Number of individuals
		2015	2016	2017	2015	2016	2017
State		5,452	5,218	5,029	13,793	13,182	12,612
Sex¹
Male		3,029	2,985	2,850	6,798	6,509	6,168
Female		2,423	2,233	2,179	6,995	6,673	6,444
Age group¹
	0-17	2	0	0	3,629	3,389	3,172
	18-64	3,672	3,391	3,210	7,674	7,229	6,901
	65+	1,778	1,827	1,819	2,490	2,564	2,539
Principal Economic Status (aged 16 years and over)¹
	At work	2,571	2,437	2,410	4,948	4,743	4,719
	Unemployed	366	307	278	756	654	570
	Student	67	57	64	856	881	899
	Home duties	714	649	540	1,524	1,383	1,152
	Retired	1,331	1,363	1,363	1,737	1,831	1,835
	Not at work due to illness or disability	357	361	337	578	565	539
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)¹
	Primary or below	1,241	1,216	1,164	1,830	1,774	1,672
	Lower secondary	860	818	772	1,827	1,801	1,712
	Higher secondary	918	828	790	2,239	2,092	2,036
	Post leaving cert	708	689	622	1,340	1,299	1,192
	Third level non degree	754	717	721	1,407	1,355	1,323
	Third level degree or above	896	891	906	1,740	1,732	1,765
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	831	848	858	831	848	858
	1 adult aged <65	750	679	651	750	679	651
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	797	832	819	1,594	1,664	1,638
	2 adults, both aged <65	691	626	595	1,382	1,252	1,190
	3 or more adults	498	510	507	1,683	1,727	1,739
	1 adult with children aged under 18	284	244	229	788	695	678
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	1,192	1,088	1,013	4,640	4,273	4,009
	Other households with children aged under 18	409	391	357	2,125	2,044	1,849
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	2,290	2,215	2,073	4,109	3,980	3,631
	1	1,629	1,519	1,463	4,184	3,873	3,649
	2	1,331	1,269	1,275	4,654	4,429	4,421
	3+	202	215	218	846	900	911
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	4,021	3,931	3,787	10,011	9,681	9,285
	Rented at the market rate	646	485	437	1,829	1,480	1,273
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	785	802	805	1,953	2,021	2,054
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	3,310	3,224	3,108	8,573	8,391	8,098
	Rural areas	2,142	1,994	1,921	5,220	4,791	4,514
Region
	Northern and Western	1,047	1,022	1,003	2,450	2,399	2,278
	Southern	2,108	1,991	1,886	5,196	4,875	4,615
	Eastern and Midland	2,297	2,205	2,140	6,147	5,908	5,719
¹Sex, age group, Principal Economic Status and highest education level attained refers to that of the head of household.
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.