Individual Income Series, 1996/97-1998/99 and 2004/05-2007/08

The <i>Individual Income Series</i> provides estimates of the individual income of women and men in Great Britain and changes in income over time. These provide a means of comparing the income accruing to women with that accruing to men, either directly or in their own right. Individual income estimates cover all adult women and men, whether living as couples or as single persons. The data are derived directly from the <i>Family Resources Survey</i> (FRS) (available at the UK Data Archive under GN 33283) and the <i>Households Below Average Income</i> (HBAI) (available at the Archive under SN 5828).<br> <br> The <i>Individual Income Series</i> is distinct in that they seek to compare the incomes that accrue to women with those that accrue to men. This information complements data in other official statistics publications, which address different issues: HM Revenue and Customs' statistics cover only taxable income; certain other statistics cover only earned income; and other series such as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) HBAI analyse household income.<br> <br> The <i>Individual Income Series</i> does not provide a means of comparing the living standards of women and men, nor of different groups of women: the analyses take no account of the extent to which members of a household share their incomes or resources with other household members.<br> <br> The National Equality Panel, set up by the Minister for Women and Equality in October 2008, was asked to look at the best available evidence on the relationship between inequality in economic outcomes and differences related to people's characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity and disability. One of the economic outcomes analysed by the Panel was individual income, received by each adult in their own right from all sources in total, before and after deducting direct taxes. The final report of the National Equality Panel, specifically chapter six, contains the analyses of the <i>Individual Income Series</i>, and are available as part of the study documentation (see below). The data files used for this analysis form the data available as part of this study. Some additional tables are available on the Government Equalities Office <a href="http://www.equalities.gov.uk/national_equality_panel/publications/charts_and_statistical_annex/statistical_annex/individual_incomes.aspx" title ="Individual Incomes Statistical Annex">Individual Incomes Statistical Annex</a> web page.<br>

《个人收入序列数据集（Individual Income Series）》提供了大不列颠地区男女个体收入的估算值，以及收入随时间变化的趋势。该数据集可为直接或依托自身身份比较男女各自获得的收入提供研究途径。个体收入估算覆盖所有成年男女，无论其以伴侣关系还是独居身份生活。本数据集的数据直接源自《家庭资源调查（Family Resources Survey, FRS）》（可在英国数据档案馆以编号GN 33283获取）与《低收入家庭调查（Households Below Average Income, HBAI）》（可在该档案馆以编号SN 5828获取）。

《个人收入序列数据集（Individual Income Series）》的独特之处在于，其旨在比较男女各自获得的收入。该信息可作为其他官方统计出版物数据的有益补充——后者聚焦于不同研究议题：英国税务海关总署（HM Revenue and Customs）的统计数据仅涵盖应税收入；部分其他统计仅涉及劳动所得；而工作与养老金部（Department for Work and Pensions, DWP）发布的HBAI等其他数据集，则以家庭收入为分析对象。

《个人收入序列数据集（Individual Income Series）》无法用于比较男女或不同女性群体的生活水平，原因在于本分析未考虑家庭内部成员共享收入与资源的程度。

2008年10月，由妇女与平等事务大臣设立的国家平等委员会（National Equality Panel）获委托审查现有最佳证据，以探究经济成果不平等与人们的性别、族裔、残疾等个体特征相关差异之间的关联。该委员会分析的经济成果之一，便是成年个体以自身身份从所有来源获得的、扣除直接税前后的总收入。国家平等委员会的最终报告，尤其是其中第六章，包含了对《个人收入序列数据集（Individual Income Series）》的分析内容，可作为本研究文档的一部分获取（详见下文）。本分析所用的数据文件，即为本研究可对外提供的数据集。部分额外表格可在政府平等事务部的<a href="http://www.equalities.gov.uk/national_equality_panel/publications/charts_and_statistical_annex/statistical_annex/individual_incomes.aspx" title="个人收入统计附件">个人收入统计附件</a>网页获取。