The phrase "a proportion of average" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a fraction or part of an average value, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The study found that a proportion of average income was spent on housing."
Alternatives: "a fraction of the average" or "a share of the average".
The minimum wage has declined, quite markedly, as a proportion of average weekly earnings.
The cost of the education that these schools provided, as a proportion of average income, made them the second most expensive on the planet.
This move meant that pensions as a proportion of average earnings matched their previous record, set in 1965 – also under a Labour government.
"If you look at unemployment and sickness benefit as a proportion of average earnings, then Britain has one of the meanest welfare systems in Europe," says Palme. "Worse than Greece, Bulgaria or Romania".
In a confident performance at the launch of the manifesto, Miliband said that pay and insecurity were holding Britain back and that Labour would deliver the highest ever minimum wage as a proportion of average earnings.
MPs' pay as a proportion of average national salary Photograph: /Channel 4 FactCheck blog 12.37pm BST And here are some excerpts from what MPs have been writing about the Ipsa plans on their blogs.
Our minimum wage, as a proportion of our average wage, has been falling.
You can expect to receive almost 60% of salary, but high earners don't receive much more than a proportion of the average wage.
But In the comments puddingboy asked if there were international figures for MPs pay as a proportion of national average salary.
This method estimates starters in the past year as a proportion of the average number employed (Gregg and Wadsworth, 2002).
This method estimates starters in the past year as a proportion of the average number of people employed (Gregg and Wadsworth, 2002).
